⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, four of six from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 21
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Stephon Marbury Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 6:41 · PHX 52-55 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 6:20 · PHX 13-23 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl Malone Technical Foul
Q1 7:26 · PHX 10-8 UTAH
- Turnover
Matt Harpring Lost Ball. Stolen by Shawn Marion.
Q4 3:08 · PHX 82-89 UTAH
- Turnover
Karl Malone Traveling
Q4 2:48 · PHX 82-89 UTAH
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
