⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 15-3 off them- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to ten
- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:34 · UTAH 48-48 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 7:11 · UTAH 73-70 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 1:14 · UTAH 81-91 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
