⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 9 points behind 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, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 2
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 2:17 · UTAH 97-91 MIN
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:33 · UTAH 99-95 MIN
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · UTAH 108-102 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
