⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse 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 eight- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 39 from three
- Burned in transition, 3 fast break points to 19
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 0:34 · UTAH 110-97 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Georges Niang flagrant foul type 1
Q4 8:00 · UTAH 121-106 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 7:26 · UTAH 89-83 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 8:18 · UTAH 121-112 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:42 · UTAH 112-101 MEM
- Missed FT
Ja Morant misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 8:00 · UTAH 121-106 MEM
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 19 | Threes made | 8 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
