· This game was never in doubt. The Suns lead by 12 after 1. The Suns wihtout Kevin Durant and Jusaf Nurkic took control of the game in the 1st quarter. They played with a great deal force and controlled the game. The Suns stayed in control for the entire night. The Jazz battled and never let the game get out of control, but they never really threatened to win the game.
· The Jazz offense continues to have some really nice signs. Tonight they had 32 assists. This follows the trend from the road trip. Jazz threw 376 passes that is near the high of any team all season.
· The Jazz were without Walker Kessler which would have been nice against a team that runs the most pick and rolls in the NBA. The Suns ran 76 picks tonight which is a little below their usual. The Jazz are the 3rd best team in the NBA defending the pick and roll
· Jazz shot 49% and 40% from three. Hard to complain about that for an offensive game.
· Phoenix is committed to denying the rim the Jazz were able to get 25 shots at the rim and hit 80% of them. This is hard to do against Pheonix.
· John Collins and Kyle Filipowski really took advantages of their matchups with Mason Plumlee and Ogo Ighodoro. Collins had 33 matchup v. Plumlee and Filipowski had 34 matchups v Ighodoro.
· John Collins continues to thrive offensively. He is taking advantage of switches. The Suns dared him to shoot above the break 3 point shots. He played in control tonight and put up some big numbers. 29 points and 10 rebounds for his 4th double double in 6 games. John went 3 of 6 from three he was 7 of 23 on catch and shoot 3s so that is why they left him open, but he made them pay
· Kyle really put himself in good spots. He is the right spot to get drop offs. He was open for threes. He makes good reads with and without the basketball. He has a natural knack to the basketball which allows him to put up good box scores on a nightly basis. He had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. He had 2 three pointers tonight on 4 attempts.
· Cody Williams looked visibly frustrated tonight. This has been a tough stretch. Hope he gets some confidence moments.
· Keyonte George took 7 shots in the paint non restricted area tonight. He went 3 for 7. He is shooting 33% on those shots, last year he shot 45%. These are not high percentage shots. Not sure how he turns these into pass outs or all the way to the rim or getting fouled but something other than a lot of low percentage shots in the paint non-restricted would help Key.
· Phoenix shot 50% from the field and 42% from three.
· Beal ended the game or any threat of the Jazz with back to back transition threes in the early to mid 4th quarter and then Booker made a ton of shots late. Booker had 31 and Beal had 24
· Plumlee and Ighodoro combined for 21 points and 26 rebounds in 47 minutes.
