Spurs Beat Jazz 119-97 as Harper Leads a Balanced Night and the Third Quarter Breaks It Open

The San Antonio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz 119-97 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Monday, November 2, 2026. Dylan Harper led San Antonio with 17 points, and a 35-20 third quarter turned a close game into a runaway.

San Antonio led 27-16 after the first quarter and 59-49 at halftime. The Spurs then outscored Utah 35-20 in the third quarter and pushed the lead to 26 points, the biggest lead of the game. Utah won the fourth quarter 28-25, too late to change the result.

Balance carries San Antonio

Harper scored 17 points on 6 of 10 shooting, with 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals. All five San Antonio starters scored in double figures, and seven Spurs players reached double figures in total. That balance meant Utah could not focus on one scorer.

Stephon Castle scored 16 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Keldon Johnson scored 15 points, Harrison Barnes scored 13, and De'Aaron Fox scored 12 points in minutes limited by foul trouble, with 5 personal fouls. Victor Wembanyama, named Western Conference Player of the Week, scored 12 points with 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks in 24 minutes 9 seconds, in a supporting role on this night.

Utah cannot keep pace

Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 22 points on 8 of 16 shooting and 8 rebounds. Darryn Peterson added 14 points with 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Utah shot 35.4 percent from the field to San Antonio's 46.2 percent.

San Antonio led points in the paint 52 to 36 and fast break points 26 to 9. San Antonio held Utah to 16 first quarter points, the lowest quarterly output of the young season for Utah. Utah played without Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic, both listed inactive for injury or illness on the match roster.

How the quarters ran

The first quarter set the tone. San Antonio held Utah to 16 points and built a lead the home team never gave back. Utah scored better in the second quarter and reached halftime down by 10 points, still within reach on the scoreboard. The third quarter settled it. San Antonio scored 35 points, Utah scored 20, and a game that had been close at halftime was out of reach before the fourth quarter began. Utah's 28 points in the fourth were its best quarter of the night, but San Antonio answered with 25 and closed the game without pressure.

Records and coaches

San Antonio improved to 5-2. Utah fell to 1-6. Mitch Johnson coaches San Antonio and Will Hardy coaches Utah. The win rested on the first quarter defense, the shared scoring, and the third quarter run that broke the game open.