Spurs Hand Jazz Third Straight Home Loss

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz fell to the San Antonio Spurs 118-111 despite a 26 point performance from Collin Sexton.

Lauri Markkanen added 25 for the Jazz who dropped their seventh consecutive game.

The Spurs were led by Devin Vassell who scored 31.

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First Quarter

The Jazz fell behind 7-4 early as Will Hardy called a quick timeout to stop the Spurs momentum.

San Antonio’s lead climbed to 24-8 thanks to a mixture of second-chance points and nine Jazz turnovers.

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Kira Lewis led the Jazz with five first quarter points.

After one, the Jazz trailed the Spurs 29-15.

Second Quarter

The Spurs lead climbed to 19, 36-17 as San Antonio opened the second quarter on a 7-2 run.

The Jazz responded with a 15-2 run to trim the lead to six with midway through the period.

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Collin Sexton had 13 points at the half, while Devin Vassell led all scorers with 15.

At the break, the Jazz trailed the Spurs 59-48.

Third Quarter

The Spurs opened the quarter on a 9-2 run to rebuild their lead to 18.

San Antonio knocked down 13-24 threes through the first three quarters of the game.

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Brice Sensabaugh gave the Jazz a spark scoring seven straight points to cut the Spurs lead to single digits.

Through three, the Jazz trailed the Spurs 88-79.

Fourth Quarter

San Antonio’s lead climbed to 16 thanks to an 11-4 start to the fourth quarter.

The Jazz used a 9-0 run at the six-minute mark to trim the Spurs lead to eight.

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The Jazz trimmed the lead to as few as four in the final minute, but ran out of time to complete the comeback.

The Spurs beat the Jazz 118-111.

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Ben Anderson is the Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports and the co-host of Jake and Ben from 10-12p with Jake Scott on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone. Find Ben on Twitter at @BensHoops or on Instagram @BensHoops.