⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-14 off them- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:18 · PHX 22-16 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 6:03 · PHX 41-30 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 1:27 · PHX 96-97 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 4:18 · PHX 41-40 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
John Stockton missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 6:01 · PHX 57-55 UTAH
- Turnover
Scott Padgett Lost Ball. Stolen by Dan Majerle.
Q4 0:41 · PHX 93-97 UTAH
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
