⏱️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, 4 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their ten
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 6:07 · UTAH 19-11 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 0:01 · UTAH 57-49 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 2:06 · UTAH 80-68 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:48 · UTAH 30-36 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew Wiggins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:11 · UTAH 44-44 MIN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
