⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 25- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 10:47 · UTAH 76-53 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 4:07 · UTAH 95-71 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 3:04 · UTAH 129-101 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Will Hardy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:23 · UTAH 23-19 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
