⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32
- A 15-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 38 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 7:22 · SA 17-4 UTAH
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 38
Q3 9:12 · SA 81-43 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 38-point lead to 46
Q3 0:00 · SA 104-58 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
