⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 15 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
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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, 37 free throws to their 23- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 36
- A 16-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
- Made seven threes to their seventeen
- They shot well above their usual, seventeen of 30 from three
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 9:48 · UTAH 17-5 PHX
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:28 · UTAH 95-96 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 6:11 · UTAH 111-106 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:11 · UTAH 19-19 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 1:27 · UTAH 55-69 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Goran Dragic lost ball
Q4 3:49 · UTAH 113-109 PHX
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
