⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko bad pass
Q4 4:48 · UTAH 72-79 MIN
- Turnover
Milt Palacio bad pass
Q4 3:36 · UTAH 74-82 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:15 · UTAH 48-54 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 3:50 · UTAH 74-88 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
