⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 50
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up 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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:46 · UTAH 20-18 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 6:09 · UTAH 45-34 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 10:26 · UTAH 6-14 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 7:48 · UTAH 101-86 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
