⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 24-11 off them
- Burned in transition, 7 fast break points to 20
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 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.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 3:51 · IND 31-23 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 2:52 · IND 83-87 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jordan Clarkson lost ball turnover
Q4 3:24 · IND 106-110 UTAH
📊The numbers
| IND | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
