⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 33 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 32-23 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 10:12 · UTAH 11-8 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 8:24 · UTAH 23-13 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q1 2:51 · UTAH 39-19 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 11:30 · UTAH 39-27 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q3 4:19 · UTAH 98-79 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Taylor Jenkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:40 · UTAH 100-82 MEM
- Missed FT
Desmond Bane misses technical free throw
Q4 9:19 · UTAH 114-89 MEM
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 19 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 16 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
