⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 35- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 36
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 1:54 · UTAH 59-49 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 0:36 · UTAH 92-82 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:51 · UTAH 83-82 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
