SALT LAKE CITY — For the first 24 minutes of the Utah Jazz’s game against the San Antonio Spurs Thursday night at Vivint Arena, it appeared the night would be about the struggling Jazz grabbing a convincing win against one of the NBA’s elite teams.
After all, Utah’s offense was clicking and San Antonio’s wasn’t as the Jazz took a 50-38 lead into halftime.
But then the Spurs charged back, cutting their deficit to just two points at the end of the third quarter, and Utah came in great danger of losing its fourth straight game and eighth in the last nine contests following an impressive six-game win streak.