⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven
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 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:12 · UTAH 9-2 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:14 · UTAH 21-11 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Donovan Mitchell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:07 · UTAH 54-41 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
