⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 19
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q3 5:09 · UTAH 77-73 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur bad pass
Q4 4:39 · UTAH 95-91 PHX
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · UTAH 107-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
