⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 24
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-13 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:56 · SA 92-87 UTAH
- Missed FT
Michael Finley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:23 · SA 99-95 UTAH
- Turnover
Matt Bonner lane violation
Q4 0:13 · SA 102-98 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 6:43 · SA 12-23 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Boozer misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:43 · SA 96-93 UTAH
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer offensive foul (Fabricio Oberto draws the foul)
Q4 0:15 · SA 101-98 UTAH
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer turnover
Q4 0:15 · SA 101-98 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
