Spurs blitz Jazz, 130-144.

Donovan Mitchell had a great game.

The Spurs controlled the Jazz in the first half, as their marksmenship was on-point along with their trademark defense, the lead growing to ten points. Utah fought back due to tremendous effort by bright prospect Donovan Mitchell (43 points, 17/29, 7 assists) and Kyle Korver (4/5 3PT, 12 points). They cut the lead evenly at the half, then finally took a brief advantage.

Then the fourth quarter began and the Spurs fired away, again. Big man Dragan Bender looked amazing tonight with 16 points, 6 rebounds & five blocks, splashing in two 3PT bombs on a 7/11 night. Top scoring honors for the Spurs became a friendly exchange between Brandon Ingram (31 points, 13/19) and Patty Mills, whose recent scoring drought ended dramatically tonight (32 points, 2 steals, 6/8 3PT). T.J. Warren had 14 points and the block of the game on Mitchell, as the ball whipped up court to Ingram for the jam.

Dejounte Murray scored 13 points with 7 assists, spearheading the offense in the first half before Mitchell heated up and Mills took aim. Avery Bradley had 11 points with 6 steals, going 5/7. Derrick Favors had 18 points with 8 rebounds on 9/10, with Joe Ingles dropping 12 points. Sharpshooter Grayson Allen banged in 12 points, and Rudy Gobert commanded 14 rebounds with 2 blocks.

It was not the most efficient basketball for aficionados, as both teams combined for 29 turnovers. Hard to not be impressed by was the Spurs burying the Jazz with 50 points in the final quarter, as San Antonio shot 64% overall to Utah's also nice 56%. The Spurs went 45% from 3PT distance (15-33), and the Jazz also made 6-12 for 50%. The Jazz missed five free throws and committed some lousy fouls on 3PT attempts, as the Spurs went 19-22 from the charity stripe.