Jazz Turn Third-Quarter Surge Into 119-109 Win Over Spurs

Third-quarter separation

The Utah Jazz turned a 31-point third quarter into a 119-109 preseason victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, with Darryn Peterson contributing 14 points and five assists. Utah followed a 68-61 halftime lead by outscoring San Antonio 31-17 in the third quarter and taking a 99-78 advantage into the final period.

Utah builds its lead

Utah opened the game with a 33-26 edge after the first quarter, then the teams matched each other with 35 points in the second. The Jazz added to their cushion in the third, when Peterson scored on a 12-foot driving floating jump shot, a 9-foot pullup jumper and a 23-foot running jump shot. He also made a free throw in the quarter.

Mo Bamba added nine rebounds for Utah. The Jazz also received third-quarter scoring from Isaiah Collier, Svi Mykhailiuk, Ace Bailey and Josh Okogie.

Spurs make a late push

San Antonio outscored Utah 31-20 in the fourth quarter, but the deficit was too large to overcome. Gillespie led the Spurs with 25 points, scoring three consecutive 3-pointers during a stretch that cut Utah's lead from 112-90 to 112-99. He finished with a driving layup for San Antonio's final points.

Jordan McLaughlin finished with six assists for the Spurs, while Reed had 17 rebounds. Utah's late scoring included a 3-pointer by Tamar Bates and a running pullup jump shot by Harrison Ingram before San Antonio closed the scoring.

Records and setting

The Jazz improved to 2-1 in the preseason, while the Spurs fell to 0-3. Utah was the home team at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, where attendance was 15,495.

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