⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-10 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 0:37 · UTAH 26-23 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 6:13 · UTAH 64-51 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses technical free throw
Q3 0:02 · UTAH 81-66 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:28 · UTAH 7-13 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 11:26 · UTAH 49-44 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 11:15 · UTAH 85-79 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
