⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 35
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 6
- A 17-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 22 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen 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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 22
Q1 1:50 · UTAH 48-26 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q3 10:14 · UTAH 76-46 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
