Phoenix Suns 106, Utah Jazz 95 — Recap

December 31, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 106, Utah Jazz 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 21-22 UTA; Q2 PHX 32-18 UTA; Q3 PHX 30-30 UTA; Q4 PHX 23-25 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (UTA) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Rudy Gobert (UTA) 18 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-9 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Jae Crowder (PHX) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

25 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · UTA

Donovan Mitchell

23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-23 FG

Scoring · UTA

Rudy Gobert

18 PTS, 14 REB, 0 AST · 7-9 FG

Season highs

Donovan Mitchell · Season-high 23 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHX	21	32	30	23		106
UTA	22	18	30	25		95

🧮 How They Scored

PHXUTA

30Points in the paint40

13Fast-break points17

8Second-chance points11

16Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%48.8%

14.5%Turnover %12.3%

12.2%Offensive rebound %21.7%

0.119Free-throw rate0.226

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	37	16	6	0	2	1	0	6-9	4-6	0-0	-2
Jae Crowder F	37	16	6	1	2	1	1	6-11	4-9	0-0	+10
Devin Booker G	35	25	3	7	0	1	6	10-17	1-2	4-7	-2
Chris Paul G	30	11	4	8	0	0	3	4-13	2-4	1-1	+12
Deandre Ayton C	28	4	9	3	1	2	1	2-8	0-0	0-0	-1
Cameron Johnson F	18	10	2	2	0	1	1	4-4	2-2	0-0	+8
Cameron Payne G	18	10	1	2	0	0	1	4-8	2-3	0-0	-1
Dario Saric F	18	5	5	1	0	0	2	1-7	1-5	2-2	+11
Jevon Carter G	11	9	3	0	0	0	0	4-5	1-1	0-0	+13
Langston Galloway G	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+6
Frank Kaminsky F-C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	36	23	6	3	1	0	3	9-23	3-8	2-2	+3
Mike Conley G	35	16	5	4	2	0	2	5-13	4-8	2-2	-13
Royce O'Neale F	35	8	9	1	1	1	2	3-6	2-3	0-0	+3
Rudy Gobert C	34	18	14	0	1	1	1	7-9	0-0	4-8	-9
Joe Ingles F	32	5	1	4	1	0	1	2-7	1-5	0-0	-16
Bojan Bogdanovic F	29	3	1	1	0	0	3	0-5	0-4	3-4	-5
Jordan Clarkson G	19	12	5	2	2	0	1	5-11	2-5	0-0	-14
Derrick Favors F-C	14	10	5	1	0	1	0	4-8	0-0	2-3	-2
Georges Niang F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	35	25	62.3	31.3	-5.7	12.3
Mikal Bridges	Bench	37	16	88.9	11.1	-4.1	15.5
Jae Crowder	Bench	37	16	72.7	14.6	+13.3	10.8
Chris Paul	Bench	30	11	40.9	23.9	+21.5	7.3
Cameron Johnson	Bench	18	10	125.0	12.5	+19.0	24.1
Cameron Payne	Bench	18	10	62.5	22.5	-2.6	8.1
Jevon Carter	Bench	11	9	90.0	20.8	+59.1	26.3
Dario Saric	Bench	18	5	31.7	25.6	+30.8	1.9
Deandre Ayton	Bench	28	4	25.0	14.3	-1.8	5.9
Langston Galloway	Bench	6	0	0.0	13.3	+42.9	9.1
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+25.0	0.0

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	36	23	48.2	32.1	+5.5	10.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	34	18	71.9	18.2	-13.9	15.8
Mike Conley	Bench	35	16	57.6	20.3	-20.5	10.5
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	19	12	54.5	26.1	-30.4	15.7
Derrick Favors	Bench	14	10	53.6	25.0	-10.2	27.8
Royce O'Neale	Bench	35	8	66.7	10.0	+4.3	9.1
Joe Ingles	Bench	32	5	35.7	10.7	-26.4	1.3
Bojan Bogdanovic	Bench	29	3	22.2	14.9	-10.6	-4.0
Georges Niang	Bench	6	0	0.0	15.4	-7.1	-14.0