⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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
- Missed FT
Gordon Hayward misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · UTAH 50-43 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 3:56 · UTAH 48-43 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 2:00 · UTAH 77-66 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:02 · UTAH 79-74 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Goran Dragic technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · UTAH 50-43 PHX
- Turnover
Jared Dudley bad pass
Q4 4:46 · UTAH 79-74 PHX
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
