⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-6 off them
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 4:22 · MIN 48-45 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 5:49 · MIN 81-68 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses technical free throw
Q2 3:44 · MIN 42-45 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
