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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 24 | 21 | 32 | 31 | 108 |
 Jazz | 23 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 116 |
MINTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 38-7451.4% | 9-1752.9% | 23-3174.2% | 27 | 14 | 12 |
| UTA | 40-7851.3% | 9-2931.0% | 27-3577.1% | 45 | 21 | 18 |
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Utah Jazz116| 39 | 26 | 10-18 | 2-8 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 26, Season high (his best before, 23) | 7-9 | 0-0 | 12-14 | +10 | +13.8 | ||||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 31 | 13 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 0 | +23 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 26 | 15 | 7-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | +7.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 15 | 6-15 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −6.3 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.3 | |||||
| 11 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.4 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.6 | |||
| Team | 116 | 40-7851.3% | 9-2931.0% | 45 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 27-3577.1% | 11 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Ekpe Udoh, Naz Mitrou-Long and Tony Bradley (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves108| 45 | 12 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | −7 | −5.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 12 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0.0 | |||||
| 35 | 27 | 10-19 | 4-4 | 3-8 | 0 | +6 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 26 | 25 | 9-15 | 2-4 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +6.5 | ||||||
| 20 | 13 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +3.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −8.8 | |||||
| 25 | 11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.4 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.0 | ||
| Team | 108 | 38-7451.4% | 9-1752.9% | 27 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 23-3174.2% | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||
Bench 19 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Amile Jefferson, Cole Aldrich, Anthony Brown and Justin Patton (coach’s decision).
Jazz116Timberwolves108ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Rudy Gobert had a season-high 26 points (14 in the second quarter) and 16 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-108.
The Jazz took control with a 29-14 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 12.
The Timberwolves got within 94-92 on Jeff Teague’s turnaround jumper with 7:06 to play, but Ricky Rubio answered with 2 free throws, and the Timberwolves got no closer.
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, and Rubio added 13 points and 7 assists.
For the Timberwolves, Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points (15 in the fourth quarter), and Teague added 25 points on 9 for 15 shooting. Wiggins scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves got 2 offensive rebounds, about 7 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Jazz outscored the Timberwolves 40-21 in 11 minutes with Rubio, Crowder, Gobert, Ingles and Mitchell on the floor together.
Utah JazzMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
89 points from the field on 78 shots: 1.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 25-35 | 71.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-6 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-8 | 37.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-21 | 33.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Gibson | 32 | 5 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 15 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 9 | 7 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 36 | 7 | 3-7 | −4 |
| Jeff Teague | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Jamal Crawford | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Gibson | 14 | 8 | 4-5 | +5 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
UTA
Highest Leverage Moments
Crowder 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (O'Neale 2 AST)
Q3 0:57
17.7%
73→91
Crowder 25' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Gobert 1 AST)
Q4 6:29
13.6%
73→86
Wiggins 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 11:09
13.6%
92→78
Wiggins 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Gibson 2 AST)
Q4 9:52
13.5%
77→64
Mitchell 6' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 6:06
11.4%
77→89
