⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 six threes to their no- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fifteen
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 1:23 · PHX 54-37 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 10:00 · PHX 64-43 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 2:08 · PHX 109-98 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 0 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
