⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
-7Q115-23
+5Q228-24
+14Q332-20
+16Q434-16
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 27-12 off them
Key battles
10Offensive rebounds3
12Fast break points4
67%Three-point accuracy33%
27Points off turnovers12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:22 · UTAH 2-8 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruce Bowen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:16 · UTAH 92-76 SA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
