⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 41- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 5:18 · UTAH 78-75 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 2:01 · UTAH 87-79 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q4 4:16 · UTAH 118-100 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:55 · UTAH 106-98 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 10:51 · UTAH 2-13 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jeremy Sochan and Kris Dunn
Q2 10:55 · UTAH 29-37 SA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
