⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. 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, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
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
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:42 · UTAH 0-8 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 5:48 · UTAH 6-21 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
