⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
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
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Traveling
Q4 3:35 · PHX 120-113 UTAH
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:52 · PHX 125-119 UTAH
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:29 · PHX 128-122 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 11:40 · PHX 98-93 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordan Giricek missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:57 · PHX 128-122 UTAH
- Missed FT
Raja Bell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:19 · PHX 131-124 UTAH
- Missed FT
Jarron Collins missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · PHX 133-125 UTAH
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 15 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
