⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28
- A 14-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 40 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:05 · UTAH 9-2 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 4:01 · UTAH 25-8 POR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 40
Q3 11:25 · UTAH 77-37 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:39 · UTAH 94-48 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 41-point deficit to 30
Q4 6:28 · UTAH 106-76 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
