⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 39 from three
- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:47 · ATL 68-68 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 7:48 · ATL 11-20 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 11:12 · ATL 24-35 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 5:49 · ATL 98-108 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
