The Jazz trailed by eight points at the first break, but outscored San Antonio in the remaining three periods to breathe life into the seires.

The highlight of the night was a 34-16 onslaught in the final quarter by the Jazz who will head into game four confident of levelling the seven-game series.

Deron Williams was the star for the victors. He had 31 points and eight assists, including 12 points from three point range.

Carlos Boozer chimed in with 27 points of his own and hauled in 12 rebounds to keep the perfect post-season record of the Jazz at home intact.

Andrei Kirilenko, Jarron Collins, Gordon Giricek, Derek Fisher and Matt Harpring all lifted for the Jazz, providing the help Boozer and Williams desperately needed in games one and two of the series.

The Spurs led after a tight first half, but it was all the Jazz after the main interval.

Williams wasted no time flagging his intentions for the second half as he raced around the court with an intensity missing for much of the series.

San Antonio kept things tight for as long as it could, but a Fisher three-pointer gave the home team a 62-60 lead midway through the third term and it never looked back.

It was Fisher's first basket of the night and the first points by a starter other than Boozer or Williams.

Ahead only by six early in the fourth quarter, Paul Millsap joined the list of new contributors for the Jazz with a dunk that bumped the lead into double digits for the first time.

He added another two on the next play, making it 83-71, and San Antonio was never closer than 11 the rest of the game.

Spurs forward Bruce Bowen got a technical foul with just over five minutes remaining and from there the Spurs resistance wilted.

It was a poor night for the Spurs who must regroup for game four back in Utah on Tuesday (AEST), before returning home later in the week to host the fifth clash of the series.

Tim Duncan, the Spurs' dominant big man, struggled after getting himself in early foul trouble and could only manage 16 points and eight rebounds.

Tony Parker led San Antonio with 25 points and seven assists. Manu Ginobili was the only other double-digit scorer with 14 as the Spurs went from shooting 55 per cent the first two games to making only 44 per cent this time.