After being beaten by the Hornets at home, the Spurs began a wave of western four-game aways, against the Jazz, Kings, Clippers and Lakers, these four teams China King is relatively weak, but the Spurs four consecutive away first have to pass the Jazz level. The Jazz have been in good shape lately, with a wave of eight consecutive wins that have brought them to third place in the West, which is not good news for the Spurs, and they may have a hard time resisting the Jazz's victory.
In the first quarter, the Spurs can still compete with the Jazz, but Donovan Mitchell scored 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting in the second quarter to lead the Jazz to a 36-23 offensive climax, the Spurs gradually fell behind, the biggest point difference in the game once reached 17 points, and the Jazz who played at home seemed to have smelled the taste of nine consecutive wins. However, the Spurs ultimately let the Jazz down, and they played a 41-23 offensive climax in the third quarter, turning the disadvantage in one fell swoop. Entering the final quarter, the Spurs also resisted the attacks of Mike Conley and Mitchell in turn, and finally narrowly won 128-126, ending the Jazz's eight-game winning streak and also achieving a four-game start in the West.
The third quarter was the turning point of the whole game and the key to the Spurs' ability to win, but it was too rare for the Spurs to have such a performance in the third quarter, because their performance in the third quarter was the worst in the league. This season, the Spurs scored 25.9 points in the third quarter, the twenty-second in the league; the third quarter shot 43.9%, ranking twenty-first in the league; and the third quarter three-point shooting rate of 29.7%, ranking twenty-ninth in the league.
Just from the data we can see why the Spurs often collapsed in the third quarter, and their performance in the third quarter was just too bad. So against the Jazz, the Spurs shot 65.4 percent from the field in the third quarter and 36.4 percent from three-point range, far exceeding the season average. Interestingly, it was the Jazz who performed best in the third quarter of the league, who scored 30.4 points in the third quarter, the highest in the league, and the other team that scored 30+ points in the third quarter was the Hawks' 30 points.
In addition, the Jazz shot 50.8% in the third quarter, the highest in the league and the only team in the league to shoot 50% + in the third quarter. The Jazz's three-point shooting percentage in the third quarter was 42.5 percent, the third in the league, and it was also a pretty good performance. Therefore, the Spurs are in the other way to give the other body, the Jazz is the best team in the third quarter of the league, and the Spurs beat the Jazz in a jazz way, this move is really a bit cruel. Of course, even if the Jazz's eight-game winning streak is over, the Spurs' competitiveness today cannot be compared with the Jazz, but the game to beat the Jazz will make the Spurs have an essential improvement, and the significance of the victory is far more than the victory itself.
Spurs now lack a definitive player, which is their lack of stars, and the lack of stars basically means that it is difficult for the Spurs to complete effective scoring in the final moments. After filling the point difference in the third quarter, the game between the two sides in the fourth quarter can be said to be a canine tooth, the Jazz's Conley hit three consecutive points, Mitchell completed the score by impacting the inside line, and the Jazz also completed the score reversal at one point, but these young people of the Spurs all stepped forward, de Zhangtai Murray and Derrick White's mid-range shots, Jacob Pelter's second offense, Lonnie Walker's impact on the inside line, they took turns to stand up to help the Spurs win the final victory.
For the Spurs, a team with high tactical literacy and good execution, the abuse of the vegetable bureau can basically get the victory, but the abuse of the vegetable bureau does not help much to improve the temperament of the players, the Jazz in the past few seasons are the league's good results, the style of the ball is also very strong, the team's Mitchell, Conley and other people are big heart players, can break the wrist with Mitchell, Conley and other people in the game and the key ball can give a response, which is actually the embodiment of the spurs players' progress. So, beating the Jazz means more to the Spurs than the victory itself.
Text/Duncan's laugh