There was a moment early in the Spurs’ 118-102 loss in Utah on Saturday where I propped the door open for something different — a fighting chance at a win if the visitors, up 33-24 and holding for the final possession of the opening quarter, could take a double digit lead into the 2nd frame. No numbers or precedent behind it, of course — just one of those blind hunches that congeals in the addled brain under the sediment of 15 straight losses. Sure, the bumps would still come in the next 36, even against a Jazz team that’s taken its foot off the accelerator after the trade deadline, but who knows the psychic effect a healthy lead might have on either side.
Spurs can’t sustain early rhythm in loss to Jazz
