⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen
- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 7:24 · UTAH 49-54 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 0:44 · UTAH 74-70 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 2:14 · UTAH 121-136 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:22 · UTAH 11-14 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 9:43 · UTAH 36-50 LAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q3 1:53 · UTAH 92-111 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Assists | 34 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
