⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their seven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 10:41 · SA 33-20 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Anderson misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 0:03 · SA 82-60 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:01 · SA 45-37 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Josh Howard flagrant foul type 1 (James Anderson draws the foul)
Q3 0:03 · SA 82-60 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 11 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
