⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse 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, 41 free throws to their 22- A 22-0 run took them from 1 down to 21 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 21-8 off them
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
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run took them from 1 down to 21 up
Q4 10:26 · UTAH 113-92 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 1:28 · UTAH 120-108 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Finch technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:32 · UTAH 68-59 MIN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
