⏱️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, 6 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 twelve threes to their six
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 1 down to 7 up
Q3 7:24 · PHX 70-63 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q4 6:37 · PHX 92-89 UTAH
- Steal
Steve Nash stole it from Paul Millsap
Q4 0:03 · PHX 100-98 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:09 · PHX 89-89 UTAH
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:16 · PHX 99-98 UTAH
- Missed FT
Channing Frye misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · PHX 100-98 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Jefferson turnover
Q4 2:13 · PHX 97-93 UTAH
- Turnover
Paul Millsap bad pass
Q4 0:03 · PHX 100-98 UTAH
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
