⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 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, nine turnovers to their sixteen- A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 3:12 · UTAH 51-35 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q3 11:00 · UTAH 66-39 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q4 3:40 · UTAH 105-72 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
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 | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
