⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 35 from three
- Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their six
- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 50 points in the paint to 76
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 11:06 · LAL 13-3 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 1:56 · LAL 128-117 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 10:45 · LAL 36-33 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 9:16 · LAL 77-72 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 6:20 · LAL 115-113 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Ochai Agbaji technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:51 · LAL 106-99 UTAH
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 76 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
