⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-5Q118-19
+6Q229-23
-2Q327-25
+1Q428-27
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 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 thirteen threes to their six- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 8
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 32
Key battles
25Fast break points8
31Assists13
13Threes made6
11Free throws made20
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 1:07 · PHX 80-65 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 31 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
