⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 26- A 14-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 37 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 0:00 · UTAH 56-38 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q3 1:14 · UTAH 78-54 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 37
Q4 9:23 · UTAH 93-56 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Hood misses technical free throw
Q3 6:18 · UTAH 56-41 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
