⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws 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
- Turnover
Joe Ingles out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:15 · UTAH 87-84 PHX
- Turnover
Shelvin Mack bad pass
Q4 0:44 · UTAH 89-86 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Rudy Gobert and Devin Booker
Q4 0:33 · UTAH 89-86 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:30 · UTAH 63-62 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 0:01 · UTAH 78-79 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:52 · UTAH 87-84 PHX
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 0:33 · UTAH 89-86 PHX
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 9 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
