⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 17 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 25
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 1:50 · MIN 62-78 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 0:11 · MIN 19-33 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q4 9:08 · MIN 72-96 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
