⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 6:28 · SA 44-35 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 3:31 · SA 100-84 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Manu Ginobili double technical foul
Q1 4:18 · SA 12-15 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 8:56 · SA 5-11 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mehmet Okur flagrant foul type 1 (Tony Parker draws the foul)
Q2 5:31 · SA 40-35 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
