From Deseret News archives:
Falter in 4th Jazz just can't keep up with confident Spurs
The Jazz were reminded of all that and more Monday night, when the San Antonio Spurs beat Utah 79-70 in front of an announced crowd of 19,384 at the Delta Center.
"Down the stretch, I didn't see that fire in our eyes. And they had it," Jazz point guard Milt Palacio said. "They came down and executed their offense, and shot the shots they wanted to shoot.
"I mean, they still were shooting 3s down the stretch. And you don't want to shoot 3s down the stretch but that's just the confidence they have (that), 'You know what? I'm gonna step up and make this shot.' And that's the confidence and the killer instinct we've got to get."
The Jazz did hang with the 35-10 Spurs for a while, and headed into the fourth quarter down by just four.
Duncan scored six of his 19 points in the fourth, and Spurs sharpshooter Bruce Bowen had six of his 13, including a couple of treys, in the final period as well. That combined was more than enough to do in the Jazz, who fell to 21-24 while losing for the fifth time in their last six outings and the seventh in their last nine.
"That's a really difficult team to play against," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said, "because they're hard to contain, and if you try to give any kind of help inside they got guys that make shots out on the perimeter, plus they got guys that go after the ball in crucial situations."
The Jazz?
Not so much.
Utah got just one point a Jarron Collins free throw, one of a team-high 15 from the starting center who averages only 6.2 points per game out of its final seven possessions before a meaningless Matt Harpring layup at the end.
The real dagger from the Spurs, though, came earlier in the fourth.
Down seven at 74-67 with less than three minutes to go after a Duncan miss, Okur rimmed out a 3-point attempt. Bowen did the same on the other end, and the Jazz again failed to capitalize, as this time Nazr Mohammed blocked Harpring down low.
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