⏱️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 higher 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, 7 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 31 from three
- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q1 10:29 · UTAH 19-3 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q1 3:30 · UTAH 34-26 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 3:29 · UTAH 67-61 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 9:04 · UTAH 120-121 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cameron Payne traveling
Q4 0:32 · UTAH 134-131 PHX
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 32 | Assists | 29 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
