⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 21-13 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:18 · UTAH 20-30 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 0:17 · UTAH 26-40 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 2:58 · UTAH 96-121 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 12 |
