⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q1 1:25 · UTAH 42-31 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:39 · UTAH 110-97 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Hassan Whiteside and JaMychal Green
Q4 4:57 · UTAH 108-97 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
