⏱️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, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 19
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 1-point lead to 11
Q2 11:10 · SA 34-23 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan 3 second
Q4 0:24 · SA 99-91 UTAH
- Missed FT
Ime Udoka misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 99-94 UTAH
- Missed FT
Ime Udoka misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 99-94 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:55 · SA 57-57 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Boozer misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 99-94 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
