⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the second quarter
- Went cold from three, four of eighteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q2 10:23 · MIN 34-38 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 7:18 · MIN 83-93 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordon Hayward misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:18 · MIN 85-93 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
