⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 27-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 16
- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q1 4:13 · BKN 36-20 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 0:00 · BKN 110-87 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:48 · BKN 69-54 UTAH
- Technical
Nic Claxton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:59 · BKN 114-89 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q1 0:00 · BKN 43-34 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q2 2:25 · BKN 69-57 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 21 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 41 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
