Utah Jazz @ San Antonio Spurs
Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX | Game ID: 22500440
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAS 40 20 27 27 114UTA 32 38 28 29 127
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Markkanen, George power Jazz to 127-114 victory, ending Spurs win streak at 8 games
SAN ANTONIO -- — Lauri Markkanen had 29 points, Keyonte George added 28 points and the Utah Jazz held on to beat San Antonio 127-114 on Saturday night, snapping the Spurs' league-high eight-game winning streak.
San Antonio center Victor Wembanyama marked his return to the starting lineup with 32 points, seven rebounds, five blocks and three assists in 27 minutes and 42 seconds. It was Wembanyama’s first start since Nov. 14 against Golden State, when he suffered a strained left calf that led to a 12-game absence.
Utah has beaten two of the top three teams in the NBA on successive nights after knocking off Eastern Conference-leading Detroit 131-129 on Friday .
Walter Clayton Jr . scored 17 points and Jusuf Nurkic added 16 for the Jazz, who have won two straight after four consecutive losses.
Keldon Johnson added 27 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio and Stephon Castle had 20 points.
The Spurs were without De’Aaron Fox, who missed the game with tightness in his left adductor.
Utah took a lead midway through the second quarter and did not relinquish it. The Jazz lead grew to 17 points and it did not dip below 10 points in the third quarter before the Spurs rallied in the fourth.
Wembanyama sprinted down the lane and emphatically threw down a one-handed dunk as the Spurs were rallying from a double-digit deficit early in the fourth quarter. Wembanyama’s subsequent free throw cut Utah’s once-sizeable lead to 104-101 with 8:49 remaining in the game.
The game marked the first consecutive home games for the Spurs in six weeks. San Antonio spent 28 of the previous 34 days on the road, including the semifinals and finals of the NBA Cup in Las Vegas.
San Antonio lost to the New York Knicks in the NBA Cup final , but the championship does not count toward the NBA standings or statistics.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SASCB C. Bryant
DH D. Harper
DV D. Vassell
HB H. Barnes
JC J. Champagnie
JS J. Sochan
KJ K. Johnson
LK L. Kornet
LW L. Waters III
SC S. Castle
VW V. Wembanyama
UTABS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
IC I. Collier
JN J. Nurkić
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
LM L. Markkanen
NU Nurkic
SM S. Mykhailiuk
TH T. Hendricks
WC W. Clayton Jr.
SAS/UTA the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur