⏱️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 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
Made ten threes to their two- A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:56 · UTAH 49-41 MIN
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q3 5:39 · UTAH 82-69 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
