The Jazz allowed the Lakers to get 16 offensive rebounds — so soon after I wrote about their league-leading defensive rebounding, too. That’s not brilliant.
In the end, the Lakers got 55 of their shots within 14 feet, making 32 of them. The percentage is okayish there, but the number of shots isn’t, really.
It was just a lot of plays on which the Jazz were a beat or two late, a step or two slow. Like, this layup from early in the game:
Here, Ekpe Udoh defends the pick and roll, but doesn’t make sure the ball-handling threat is taken care of before taking a step away.