First Half
The Lakers started the game imposing their size.
Anthony Davis recorded 10 rebounds in the first quarter alone and caused
Wendell Carter Jr. to start 0-6 in the game. The Jazz, as a whole, got off to an incredibly slow start, falling behind 30-15 in the first quarter.
Ben Simmons had 8 of the team’s 15 points, but was then shut out in the second quarter. The second units of both teams went head to head in the second quarter and the Jazz went on a run to cut the lead to seven. But savvy pick and roll game by
Tony Parker and
Aron Baynes weathered the storm to keep the lead in double digits. The Jazz caught a second wind in the quarter, taking advantage of a Lakers cold-spell (thanks to some poor shot selection by
Austin Rivers), and cut the lead to 39-36. The steady hand of
Mike Conley provided a couple of jumpers and a nice assist to end the Laker half with a 45-39 lead. Considering that the Jazz shot a paltry 40% from the field compared to the Lakers 48%, the Lakers were disappointed to be up only 6 points. Davis finished the half with 16 points, 12 rebounds, 2 steals, and a block.
Second Half
Kyle Kuzma picked up three fouls in the first five minutes of the third quarter, which gave him four for the game. Coach Quin Snyder, desperate for offense, elected to keep him in the game. He responded with an immediate five points, but the Laker reserves put up a strong showing in the third quarter, producing timely buckets to keep the Jazz at arm’s length. Parker continued to display impressive pick and roll game for easy buckets, complemented by assists to
Kyle Korver and
Avery Bradley. The trio scored 13 points in the quarter to push the Laker lead to 70-61. In what was a perfect finish to a very balanced game for the Lakers, the team looked to veteran leaders,
Joe Ingles and Conley, to finish off the game. Ingles was extremely quiet throughout the game, but drained three key jumpers in the fourth quarter to push the lead to 86-70 and finished with 10 points total in the quarter. Conley bookended Ingles’ run with a couple jumpers of his own and the Lakers cruised to the finish line with a
90-76 win. After putting in 16 points in the first half, Davis finished with 20 in the game (all in the paint). Help from the supporting cast on the offensive side freed up Davis to dominate other aspects of the game, as was evident by his 17 rebounds.
| LOS ANGELES LAKERS at UTAH JAZZ |
| Nov 2, 2018 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | OT | SCORE |
| Los Angeles (1-0) | 30 | 15 | 25 | 20 | - | 90 |
| Utah (0-3) | 15 | 24 | 22 | 15 | - | 76 |
| Los Angeles Lakers |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | B+S | TO | +/- | PTS |
| Mike Conley | 34 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Austin Rivers | 28 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Joe Ingles | 29 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| Pascal Siakam | 34 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| Anthony Davis | 35 | 10-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | B+S | TO | PTS | +/- |
| Tony Parker | 14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 |
| Avery Bradley | 20 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Andre Iguodala | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Kyle Korver | 12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
| Aron Baynes | 16 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -4 |
| Jamal Crawford | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Matthew Dellavedova | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Amir Johnson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| TEAM TOTALS | 48 | 38-78 | 6-21 | 8-8 | 48 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 90 | +14 |
| Utah Jazz |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | B+S | TO | +/- | PTS |
| Goran Dragic | 31 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| Rodney Hood | 30 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| Ben Simmons | 31 | 6-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 29 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Wendell Carter Jr. | 31 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | B+S | TO | PTS | +/- |
| Lance Stephenson | 21 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| Dion Waiters | 20 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 15 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Zach Collins | 18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 |
| Deyonta Davis | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 |
| Aaron Brooks | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jerome Robinson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Elie Okobo | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| TEAM TOTALS | 48 | 32-80 | 5-16 | 7-8 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 76 | -14 |