⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 Timberwolves won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36- A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Made ten threes to their seventeen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 2:21 · UTAH 30-26 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q3 3:30 · UTAH 75-86 MIN
- Steal
Ace Bailey stole it from Anthony Edwards
Q4 0:17 · UTAH 111-118 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:12 · UTAH 9-13 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 3:27 · UTAH 46-47 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q2 0:00 · UTAH 55-66 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards bad pass
Q4 0:17 · UTAH 111-118 MIN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
