⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q4 11:40 · UTAH 77-55 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 3:17 · UTAH 90-61 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
