⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43- A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the first quarter
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:16 · SA 28-15 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 7:25 · SA 75-79 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 2:24 · SA 118-130 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q1 3:06 · SA 32-29 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 16 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 36 | Assists | 34 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
