⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made 27 threes to their fourteen- Shot well above their usual, 27 of 51 from three
- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their six, and outscored them 31-10 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 9:08 · UTAH 14-2 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 3:05 · UTAH 127-120 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:07 · UTAH 43-41 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 7:17 · UTAH 109-113 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:21 · UTAH 89-89 BOS
📊The numbers
| UTAH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 27 | Threes made | 14 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
