⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-7 off them- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 12
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 47
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:01 · UTAH 21-21 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 4:13 · UTAH 49-46 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 7:16 · UTAH 9-19 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 9:45 · UTAH 35-42 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Quentin Richardson Technical Foul
Q2 3:51 · UTAH 44-46 PHX
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
