⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, six of thirteen from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:12 · MIN 102-95 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:59 · MIN 98-91 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
