⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 15-6 off them
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q4 8:06 · OKC 78-97 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 2:25 · OKC 16-28 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
