⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-12 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 32 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:36 · LAL 16-10 UTAH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 32
Q2 1:02 · LAL 79-47 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q4 9:01 · LAL 116-83 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Trey Jemison III flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:30 · LAL 116-88 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 23
Q3 9:42 · LAL 79-56 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 25
Q3 6:13 · LAL 90-65 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
