⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rod Strickland Technical Foul
Q3 8:18 · UTAH 59-64 MIN
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:50 · UTAH 98-90 MIN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 100% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
