NBA

Regular Season Round 58: Utah Jazz - San Antonio S. 102-106

Date: February 20, 2012
Tony Parker scored 23 points and Matt Bonner hit five 3-pointers and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz 106-102 Monday night for their 11th consecutive victory. Richard Jefferson's 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds left sealed the victory for the Spurs, who have not lost on the road since Jan. 29 in Dallas. Al Jefferson led the Jazz (15-16) with 20 points while Paul Millsap added 16. The loss was Utah's fifth straight against the Spurs (23-9). The Jazz fell below .500 for the first time since Jan. 2. The Spurs kept the NBA's longest win streak alive despite injuries to Manu Ginobili and Tiago Splitter, both expected to miss two weeks. San Antonio trailed by as many as eight points in the first half and 10 in the third quarter, before rallying. Tim Duncan added 20 points for San Antonio. The Jazz, forced to practice Monday morning despite arriving back from Houston at 10:30 a.m., played with much more intensity than they did in a blowout loss to Houston on Sunday. Al Jefferson had a chance to tie the score at 102 with 29 seconds left but missed a 16-footer, and Richard Jefferson countered with a 3-pointer. Gary Neal, who added 14 points for San Antonio, sank a free throw for the final difference. The Spurs led 56-53 at halftime, but the Jazz opened the second half on a 13-0 run, led by Josh Howard, Paul Millsap and Devin Harris to take a 10-point lead. The Spurs fought back, with Bonner hitting his fifth 3-pointer and sinking three free throws after being fouled on his next 3-point attempt. DuJuan Blair got San Antonio within one after his steal and fast-break layup, and Neal tied it at 80 with a 28-footer jumper at the buzzer to end the third. The Jazz led by as many as eight points in the first quarter 20-12, and held a 30-26 advantage after one thanks to 56 percent shooting and a 22-8 edge on points in the paint. Bonner kept the Spurs close early, hitting three 3-pointers in the first quarter. The Jazz built their lead back to eight in the second 40-32, on back-to-back baskets by rookie Enes Kanter and C.J. Miles. But San Antonio fought back again behind Duncan, Blair and Parker, whose jumper gave the Spurs their first lead 41-40 with 5:25 left in the first half. Parker had 10 points in the second quarter as the Spurs took a 56-53 lead into the break. The Spurs were short two stars, with Ginobili suffering a strained left oblique in Saturday's 103-100 victory at the Los Angeles Clippers. An MRI on Monday confirmed the injury to Ginobili, who had played in just his fourth game since missing 22 with a broken left hand. He will remain in San Antonio for the remainder of the Spurs' road trip. Ginobili led the Spurs against the Jazz in the first meeting with 23 points on 9-of-10 shooting. Splitter, who had averaged 13 points off the bench in his previous five games, traveled with the team to Salt Lake City but also is out two weeks with a strained right calf. *Courtesy of www.kptv.com
  SAN ANTONIO S. (coach: Mitch Johnson)106
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
7 OiQVRQ, wIjF 42 9-61 (34.2%) 5-5 (5%) 7-65 (75%) 5 1 1 66 6 5 4 5 5 4 84 87 5
86 gujZij, waB 42 9-63 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 1-1 (655%) 5 9 9 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 85 86 5
60 mIjjRQ, biUU 46 6-8 (05%) 0-1 (24.4%) 4-4 (655%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 85 67 5
  XRil, GiQF 87 6-0 (85%) 4-2 (49.0%) 4-3 (90%) 5 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 5 4 63 0 5
8 vRIjiQd, KiTha 87 6-8 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 3 3 2 5 6 5 8 5 5 6 3 65 5
30 mliaQ, gRzuij 89 9-66 (14.1%) 5-5 (5%) 6-0 (85%) 8 8 3 8 4 5 6 5 5 3 60 9 5
83 zRffRQsIj, eaZhiQd 86 6-8 (05%) 6-3 (80%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 0 8 5
  GQRRj, gijjF 61 5-8 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 8 4 5 3 5 5 8 5 8 5 -3 5
80 SjdRQsIj, ziBRs 2 6-8 (05%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 3 5
  zIsRph, CIQF 3 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 5
  giTsIj, qQaZ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   81-09 (30.1%) 65-86 (39.1%) 83-45 (25.5%) 9 81 44 88 69 5 65 3 5 60 651 70  


  UTAH JAZZ (coach: Will Hardy)102
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
80 zRffRQsIj, Sl 42 65-62 (00.1%) 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 8 7 66 8 3 5 8 8 5 6 85 88 5
83 ballsip, Oiul 41 1-61 (49.0%) 5-6 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 3 9 66 5 8 5 8 5 5 6 61 64 5
0 HiQQas, gRLaj 45 3-1 (11.9%) 8-8 (655%) 6-6 (655%) 5 6 6 3 0 5 5 5 5 3 60 7 5
2 HITiQd, zIsh 87 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 5 9 9 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 68 63 5
85 HiFTiQd, GIQdIj 82 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 4 8 5 5 5 5 8 2 3 5
43 balRs, C.z. 84 3-9 (09.6%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 6 8 5 5 5 5 6 64 2 5
66 WiUsIj, qiQl 62 5-8 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 4 8 5 8 6 5 6 8 4 5
65 muQVs, SlRZ 69 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 8 6 4 8 8 5 6 5 5 6 9 9 5
60 yiLIQs, gRQQaZV 68 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 0 5 5
5 KijURQ, qjRs 65 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 1 5
35 qLijs, zRQRBF  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 wajslRF, ziBiil  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
  CiQQIll, gRbiQQR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   49-91 (32.9%) 4-2 (49.0%) 67-84 (28.1%) 7 48 36 69 83 5 2 0 5 60 658 21  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)