NBA

Regular Season Round 46: Utah Jazz - San Antonio S. 84-100

Date: December 14, 2013
Ty Corbin paraphrased Dennis Green in his postgame interview. But instead of channeling the fury the ex-NFL coach once so famously put on display, Corbin merely offered the shake of a head that the San Antonio Spurs are so capable of eliciting after games. "They are the team that we thought they were," Corbin said Saturday night after the Spurs beat his Jazz team 100-84 at EnergySolutions Arena. Led by a game-high 22 points from the 37-year-old Tim Duncan and 15 more from the 12-year veteran Tony Parker, San Antonio applied pressure on Utah and never relented, snapping the Jazz’s modest two-game winning streak. Coming off a pair of road wins Wednesday night in Sacramento, Calif., and then Friday night in Denver, the Jazz appeared to lack the energy that helped them topple the Kings and the Nuggets. But Corbin and his players didn’t want to call Saturday’s loss a letdown. "That’s a good team over there," said forward Marvin Williams, who scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds. "Talk about teams that are playing basketball in June, the San Antonio Spurs are going to be right there. We could have come out with a little more effort maybe, a little more energy maybe. But they do a great job of keeping the pressure on." Both teams struggled to make shots early in the first quarter. So when Jazz rookie Trey Burke spotted Jeremy Evans running down the right side of the court and lobbed up a pass for an alley-oop slam the Jazz led 15-14 late in the period. But San Antonio closed out the quarter’s final 3:18 on a 9-2 run and never relinquished the lead. There were no signature plays to speak of, just impressively steady basketball from a Spurs team that has been a model of consistency in the NBA for years. Kawhi Leonard’s 12-foot fadeaway gave San Antonio a 10-point lead midway through the second quarter. A Duncan slam-dunk pushed the advantage to 19 a few minutes later. In the third quarter, a Jazz forward Richard Jefferson 3-pointer cut the lead to 9 but that was as close as Utah would get the rest of the way. Jazz swingman Gordon Hayward had 18 points, five assists and five rebounds in the loss, which dropped Utah to 6-20 on the year. Only three players reached double figures as the Jazz hit on just 39 percent of their attempts from the field. "They played hard," Corbin said of his team. "We didn’t play with the pep we had the last two games. It’s a back-to-back, but I thought the effort was there. We just didn’t have the same spark about us." After a rough shooting night in Denver, the rookie point guard Burke bounced back nicely for the Jazz. He led his team with 20 points while handing out five assists. Courtesy of: sltrib.com
  SAN ANTONIO S. (coach: Mitch Johnson)100
  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 +/-
8 vRIjiQd, KiTha 46 0-0 (655%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 6 8 4 8 6 5 8 5 5 8 64 60 5
7 OiQVRQ, wIjF 45 1-63 (38.7%) 5-6 (5%) 4-4 (655%) 5 0 0 9 8 5 5 5 5 8 60 63 5
86 gujZij, waB 87 7-69 (08.7%) 5-5 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 8 65 68 4 8 5 5 5 5 8 88 84 5
4 mRlajRlla, biQZI 83 6-0 (85%) 4-4 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 66 7 5
44 gaiT, mIQas 84 8-8 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 3 65 5
85 GajIMala, qBijuRl 86 8-4 (11.9%) 5-4 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 1 1 4 6 5 6 5 5 8 1 7 5
2 balls, OiUQaZV 69 3-0 (25%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8 6 4 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 66 64 5
  miFjRs, SQIj 69 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 8 1 2 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 63 5
3 GQRRj, gijjF 69 5-6 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 5 8 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 5
60 mIjjRQ, biUU 60 5-6 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 0 5
66 SFQRs, zRff 68 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 6 3 6 8 5 5 5 5 6 5 -8 5
  gR CIlI, XijdI 8 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
0 zIsRph, CIQF 6 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
wIUil   44-12 (32.0%) 2-85 (35.5%) 65-68 (24.4%) 66 33 00 83 60 5 1 6 5 65 655 668  


  UTAH JAZZ (coach: Will Hardy)84
  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 +/-
85 HiFTiQd, GIQdIj 35 9-68 (02.4%) 5-3 (5%) 3-0 (25%) 5 0 0 0 6 5 8 6 5 6 62 67 5
4 muQVR, wQRF 48 2-63 (09.6%) 6-3 (80%) 6-8 (05%) 5 8 8 0 8 5 5 5 5 8 85 64 5
60 yiLIQs, gRQQaZV 46 4-2 (49.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 5 3 5 5 8 5 8 1 3 5
8 WallaiBs, biQLaj 89 8-4 (11.9%) 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 9 9 8 4 5 6 4 5 5 65 69 5
65 muQVs, SlRZ 81 3-68 (44.4%) 5-3 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 6 6 8 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 7 -4 5
83 zRffRQsIj, eaZhiQd 83 8-3 (05%) 6-6 (655%) 6-6 (655%) 5 3 3 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 2 68 5
35 qLijs, zRQRBF 86 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 3 9 66 8 5 5 6 8 5 6 3 63 5
5 KijURQ, qjRs 61 6-1 (61.9%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 8 5 8 4 -0 5
0 vuZis, zIhj 66 5-6 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5
  GiQQRUU, gaijUR 1 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5
80 eush, mQijdIj 3 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
44 HiQQas, baVR 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 5
66 maRdQajs, SjdQas  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   87-17 (38.5%) 1-85 (45.5%) 2-66 (98.9%) 2 43 38 69 69 5 0 66 5 7 23 91  



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)