⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the second 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 1:30 · MIN 99-72 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:42 · MIN 66-64 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 3:00 · MIN 118-99 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Harris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:10 · MIN 36-28 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
