⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their seventeen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 6
- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q2 6:19 · MIN 51-49 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:09 · MIN 57-57 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:54 · MIN 12-13 UTAH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q4 7:07 · MIN 95-121 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 4:02 · MIN 98-130 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 17 | Threes made | 25 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
