⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 35 from three
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:27 · SA 60-59 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:54 · SA 115-122 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tre Jones misses technical free throw
Q2 6:31 · SA 40-47 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q4 9:47 · SA 90-108 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 28 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
