⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- They went cold, three of nineteen from three
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 10:10 · UTAH 7-10 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 10:45 · UTAH 52-69 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 0:47 · UTAH 82-101 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
