⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
+6Q123-18
-7Q212-21
-4Q322-26
-10Q421-31
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- They went cold, three of seventeen from three
- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 31
Key battles
18%Three-point accuracy50%
3Threes made9
4Offensive rebounds9
2Blocks5
🏀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
- Technical
Double technical foul - Chris Johnson and David West
Q2 3:55 · UTAH 31-31 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 5:16 · UTAH 31-35 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
