After playing what amounts to a perfect game Sunday night against Portland, the Spurs turned around and did the opposite of that against the Jazz on Tuesday. They shot 49% from the field and 31% from beyond the arc. The defense, after doing a great job of holding Donovan Mitchell to a missed floater on their first possession, took the rest of the night off. Utah lead by as many as 37 points and won by 34.
Probably the most disturbing aspect of this performance was how familiar it all felt. The Spurs got behind by double digits almost immediately and that old instinct in my head that used to say, “don’t stress, they just need to go on a run” never kicked in.