⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better 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, 41 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 37 rebounds to 24
- A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 8:07 · SA 21-6 UTAH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q4 10:52 · SA 95-60 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Massenburg Technical Foul
Q4 6:31 · SA 95-61 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q3 6:43 · SA 67-45 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordan Giricek missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 6:31 · SA 95-61 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
