⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
A 25-0 run took them from 13 down to 12 up in the first quarter
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
- 25-0 run
A 25-0 run took them from 13 down to 12 up
Q1 3:15 · SA 33-21 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:10 · SA 88-95 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:34 · SA 0-12 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:56 · SA 82-88 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
