⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 20-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 8
- A 15-0 run took them from 12 down to 3 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 12 down to 3 up
Q2 8:01 · MIN 38-35 UTAH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q3 9:11 · MIN 65-54 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 10:51 · MIN 23-35 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
