⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 8:19 · UTAH 59-57 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Padgett Technical Foul
Q4 10:36 · UTAH 78-79 MIN
- Turnover
Bryon Russell Out of Bounds
Q4 3:38 · UTAH 95-96 MIN
- Turnover
John Stockton Bad Pass. Stolen by Sam Mitchell.
Q4 2:05 · UTAH 95-100 MIN

Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q1 2:34 · UTAH 24-25 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marc Jackson Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 9:59 · UTAH 47-53 MIN
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups Offensive Foul
Q4 0:59 · UTAH 97-102 MIN
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups Foul
Q4 0:59 · UTAH 97-102 MIN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 37 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |









