⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 9
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:00 · PHX 70-65 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:00 · PHX 94-93 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 1:25 · PHX 24-26 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:33 · PHX 53-59 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:56 · PHX 94-90 UTAH
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:38 · PHX 96-93 UTAH
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:38 · PHX 96-93 UTAH
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 77 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 13 | Blocks | 5 |
