⏱️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
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 0:31 · SA 30-22 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 1:39 · SA 57-46 UTAH
- Steal
Tiago Splitter stole it from Paul Millsap
Q4 1:22 · SA 107-99 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeJuan Blair misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:45 · SA 107-99 UTAH
- Missed FT
DeJuan Blair misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:45 · SA 107-99 UTAH
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson lost ball
Q4 1:31 · SA 107-99 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- Steal
Paul Millsap stole it from Richard Jefferson
Q4 1:31 · SA 107-99 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Millsap bad pass
Q4 1:22 · SA 107-99 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
