⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:22 · MIN 51-52 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:53 · MIN 74-87 UTAH
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:35 · MIN 74-89 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 6:00 · MIN 32-39 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 5:41 · MIN 53-65 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 8:12 · MIN 68-84 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses technical free throw
Q4 1:53 · MIN 74-87 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
