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The Utah Jazz are at home to meet the challenge from the Phoenix Suns. After the game, the Jazz lost 95-106 to the Suns.
In the first quarter, the Jazz at home took the lead in finding their hand. Mitchell and Gobert teamed up to attack the inside and scored 6 points, helping the Jazz to an 8-2 start.
However, the Suns then entered the state, Paul and Crowder hit three-pointers, and the Suns erased the point difference.
The two teams then fell into a see-saw state. Crowder made another three-pointer and Booker succeeded in the mid-range shot, but the Jazz’s Favors immediately scored 5 points in a row in the paint to pay back, leading the score alternately on the court.
At the end of this quarter, Booker turned on the offensive mode and scored 6 points with a sudden outside shot, but the Jazz substitute Clarkson responded with a three-pointer. Gobert scored 3 points with a penalty shot at the basket.
21 is slightly ahead.
In the second quarter, the Suns quickly played a wave of 7-0.
The attack wave was not big, but the Jazz could never recover this point difference.
However, the Jazz are very resilient, and the Suns failed to widen the point difference too much. They only led by 15 points at most in the first half.
The Suns entered the second half with a 53-40 lead of 13 points at halftime.
Changing sides to fight again, Conley scored 2 consecutive three-pointers first, and then O’Neal also scored three-pointers. The Jazz chased the score to 51-55 with this wave of three-pointers, and directly stopped the Suns.
After the timeout, Gobert made kills inside and continued to score for the Jazz, but the Suns responded. Booker scored 4 points in a row from outside shots, and Bridges scored 2 consecutive three-pointers. The two helped the Suns stabilize their lead.
Bridges, who made a good shot, then hit a three-pointer and quickly counterattacked successfully, leading the Suns to maintain a lead of about 10 points.
At the end of this quarter, the two teams put in a rotation lineup. Ingles scored a three-pointer for the Jazz, but Carter and Cameron Johnson of the Suns immediately responded with a three-pointer. The hot Suns suppressed the Jazz with an 83-
70 lead to end the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Suns continued their excellent touch on the three-point line. Cameron Johnson and Paul hit three-pointers from the outside.
Only relying on Gobert to tip the basket and score 2 points.
Then the Jazz launched a counterattack. Royce O’Neal hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and the point difference was also chased to 14 points. However, the Suns, who were leading by a large score, did not relax their vigilance. Saric quickly responded with a three-pointer, and then Payne made an air cut
A layup was made.
In the last 5 minutes, the Jazz launched a final counterattack. Bogdanovic hit a three-pointer after a whole game, and then Mitchell hit a three-pointer against the defender. The Jazz took the opportunity to hit a 10-2 spurt.
Then the Jazz’s firepower continued unabated, Mitchell and Conley continued to hit three-pointers from the outside, and in the last 2 minutes of the game, the point difference narrowed to 6 points.
At the last moment, Booker took over the game, first made a hit from a distance in the air, and then made a 1V1 retreat and forced a three-pointer, scoring 5 points in a row to kill the game.
In the end, the Suns beat the Jazz 106-95 away, ushering in a three-game winning streak.
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suns vs jazz full game replay
suns vs jazz full game replay
Scores and statistics of the two sides: Scores in a single quarter: 32-28, 26-19, 27-26, 28-7 (Pelicans in front) Jazz (2-2): Gobert 18 points and 14 rebounds, Mitchell 23 points
6 rebounds and 3 assists, Bogdanovic 3 points, O’Neal 8 points and 9 rebounds, Conley 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Ingles 5 points and 4 assists, Clarkson 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals,
Favors had 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Suns (4-1): Booker 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Paul 11 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Bridges 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, Crowder 16 points and 6 rebounds, Ayton 4 points, 9 rebounds and 3
Assists and 2 blocks, Saric 5 points and 5 rebounds, Payne 10 points and 2 assists, Johnson 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Carter 9 points and 3 rebounds.
Both sides start: Jazz: Conley, Mitchell, Bogdanovic, O’Neal, Gobert Suns: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, Ayton