National Basketball Association
San Antonio 109, Utah 105
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
Officials:
#72 J.T. Orr, #42 Eric Lewis, #23 Jason Phillips
Attendance:
17917
By SportsDirect Inc.
Spurs 109, Jazz 105: Tony Parker scored 25 points and dished out nine assists and all five starters finished with at least 10 points as San Antonio held on to beat visiting Utah.
Marco Belinelli, Kawhi Leonard and Tim Duncan each registered 15 points for the Spurs, who won their sixth straight game. Manu Ginobili turned in a 13-point performance and Jeff Ayres added 10 points for San Antonio, which shot 53.8 percent from the field.
Enes Kanter had a team-high 25 points to go with 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who fell to 5-16 on the road. Alec Burks contributed 20 points and Derrick Favors totaled 19 - along with a game-high 12 rebounds - for Utah, which controlled the boards 43-34.
The Jazz were able to keep things close in the first half, hitting the locker room down just 50-45. Favors had 13 by intermission and Burks had nine while the Spurs were paced before the break by 10 points from Leonard and eight from Ayres, who hit all four of his field-goal attempts in the first half.
San Antonio opened the third quarter on a 20-7 charge, led by 10 points from Parker, to take control of the game and ended the period with an 81-69 advantage. The Spurs pulled away by as many as 16 in the fourth but Trey Burke scored 11 points in the final 1:05 to pull Utah within 107-105 before Belinelli iced the game from the free-throw line.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Utah SG Gordon Hayward (hip flexor) missed his third straight game. ... Duncan has scored 10 or more points in 70 straight games against Utah - the second longest active streak of any player against a single opponent behind Lakers G Kobe Bryant's 80 in a row against the Spurs. ... The Jazz scored 70 points in the paint to San Antonio's 52.
Top Game Performances
| Utah |
|
San Antonio |
|
Enes Kanter 25 |
Scoring |
Tony Parker 25 |
|
Trey Burke 11 |
Assists |
Tony Parker 9 |
|
Derrick Favors 12 |
Rebounds |
Tim Duncan 8 |
|
Alec Burks 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tony Parker 7 |
|
Richard Jefferson 2 |
Steals |
Kawhi Leonard 3 |
|
Brandon Rush 1 |
Blocks |
Tim Duncan 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Utah
|
105 |
49.4 |
4-8 |
13-19 |
23 |
43 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
| San Antonio
|
109 |
53.8 |
7-16 |
16-18 |
29 |
34 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
Upcoming Games
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San Antonio will play their next game at home against Portland. The Spurs have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Utah will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Jazz have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.