The Jazz started this one off on the wrong foot. They looked discombobulated, missing open shots and turning the ball over, and going down 18-8. After that, everything changed. Derrick Favors and Donovan Mitchell got hot, the Jazz went on a 9-0 run, and by the end of the 1st quarter they trailed by only two. Also, this happened:
In the second quarter, the Jazz turned things around. Rodney Hood got hot and started to hit threes, Joe Johnson, Ekpe Udoh, and Royce O’Neal played solid defense, and the Jazz went up ten by halftime.