⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 22-11 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q3 3:09 · SAC 100-72 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 37
Q4 10:45 · SAC 114-77 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 36-point lead to 45
Q4 3:21 · SAC 138-93 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 44-point deficit to 36
Q4 5:15 · SAC 129-93 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 22 | Threes made | 15 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 39 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
