⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, three of twenty
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:48 · UTAH 20-10 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 11:18 · UTAH 62-70 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 2:04 · UTAH 20-20 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 9:30 · UTAH 25-31 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Ferry Technical Foul
Q2 4:31 · UTAH 29-33 SA
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:35 · UTAH 81-89 SA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
