Dallas Mavericks – Utah Jazz · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 16 December 2016

DAL100–103UTA

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There is no sufficient win-probability curve for this game, so it cannot be rated

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when UTA leads and falls when DAL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Rudy Gobert decided it, the Utah Jazz player with the most points (16, with 10 rebounds and 1 assists; +8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Dante Exum's (+11). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Utah Jazz 103-100 Dallas Mavericks (December 16, 2016) was hit by Rodney Hood: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Utah Jazz up 103-100. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Utah Jazz 103-100 Dallas Mavericks (December 16, 2016) was a 8-0 run by the Utah Jazz in the third quarter (from 4:48 to 2:54), from 73-72 to 81-72. The Dallas Mavericks' best was a 6-0 run in the second quarter (from 10:52 to 10:21), from 30-35 to 36-35.

What were the keys of the last Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks game?

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Play: Rodney Hood makes 26-foot Running Pullup Jump Shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Rodney Hood decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Hood decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

16 December 2016 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400899840:502; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2016-17 regular season, not this game.

Dallas Mavericks

Salah Mejri drew 0.31 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 7 of 371 in the league.
Wesley Matthews drew 0.19 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 18 of 371 in the league.
Devin Harris drew 0.19 charges per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 18 of 371 in the league.

Utah Jazz

Rudy Gobert contested 14.2 shots per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 4 of 371 in the league.
Gordon Hayward recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 38 of 371 in the league.
Derrick Favors contested 9.2 shots per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 45 of 371 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Utah Jazz have won 58 of their 121 games against the Dallas Mavericks.

58-63record of the Utah Jazz · NBA 1996-97 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1996-97 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.721

102.3% of capacity

Delta Center · Salt Lake City

Scoring

203

combined points

8.2 below the season average (211.2)