⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 32
- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 25
Q3 3:40 · PHX 61-86 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q1 7:26 · PHX 8-24 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 4:48 · PHX 33-53 UTAH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 35
Q4 9:16 · PHX 79-114 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 5 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 25 | Blocks | 21 |
