⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 15-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:47 · SA 9-4 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:38 · SA 74-69 UTAH
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:08 · SA 76-72 UTAH
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · SA 80-77 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Ruffin Technical Foul
Q2 3:20 · SA 31-32 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
