⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mehmet Okur double technical foul
Q3 11:10 · UTAH 45-61 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 7:37 · UTAH 28-45 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
