⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 3:20 · LAC 30-17 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 0:07 · LAC 96-93 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kawhi Leonard bad pass
Q4 2:29 · LAC 107-111 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:26 · LAC 54-52 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q3 11:29 · LAC 66-72 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 3:14 · LAC 107-120 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gobert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:45 · LAC 60-55 UTAH
- Turnover
Joe Ingles traveling
Q4 4:21 · LAC 105-109 UTAH
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:41 · LAC 107-111 UTAH
📊The numbers
| LAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
