⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 23 from three- Lived at the line, 36 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 0:00 · SA 55-63 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 8:54 · SA 93-94 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patty Mills bad pass
Q4 1:31 · SA 109-112 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 7:00 · SA 12-18 UTAH
- Steal
Royce O'Neale stole it from Patty Mills
Q4 1:31 · SA 109-112 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Favors misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:08 · SA 103-110 UTAH
- Turnover
Ricky Rubio out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:41 · SA 105-110 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 17 |
| 27 | Blocks | 19 |
