The Spurs fought hard and had victory in the palm of their hands, but it slipped out in the final minutes of a tough, chippy 101-99 loss to the Utah Jazz. Minus their top three scorers in LaMarcus Aldridge, Kawhi Leonard and Rudy Gay, the Spurs couldn’t score enough down the stretch to hold off the red-hot Jazz and stop their now 10-game winning streak.
After the Jazz took a 54-48 lead at the at half largely thanks to a huge advantage from three — the Jazz shot 8-16 in the first half, the Spurs only hit 1-11 — the Spurs came out fighting in the third quarter, outscoring Utah 29-15 while hitting 4 of 7 threes.