⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 4:53 · UTAH 46-45 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 7:41 · UTAH 65-56 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:47 · UTAH 88-88 SA
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker traveling
Q4 4:19 · UTAH 88-88 SA
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker bad pass
Q4 1:28 · UTAH 93-98 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 9:33 · UTAH 82-88 SA
- Winner
Keldon Johnson hit a 13-foot two point shot, Zach Collins with the assist
Q4 2:46 · UTAH 93-94 SA
- Steal
Keita Bates-Diop stole it from Talen Horton-Tucker
Q4 1:28 · UTAH 93-98 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keldon Johnson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:28 · UTAH 90-90 SA
- Missed FT
Zach Collins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:07 · UTAH 92-91 SA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
