⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 16-4 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Walker Kessler misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:10 · UTAH 117-124 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 7:02 · UTAH 58-63 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 22 | Threes made | 22 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 36 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
