⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their nineteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 3:08 · MIN 37-35 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 3:05 · MIN 10-20 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
