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NBA : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 12/11/2019Line$ LineOU LineScore
UTAH
 
MINNESOTA
+1  

-1  
-105

-115

220.5
 
127
Final
116

UTAH (13 - 11) at MINNESOTA (10 - 13)
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Wednesday, 12/11/2019 8:05 PM
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511UTAH-1.5-1
512MINNESOTA222.5222
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
UTAH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games13-11-9.19-1510-14105.952.045.1%53.8106.052.044.2%52.7
Road Games4-8-7.44-84-8102.946.343.4%53.2106.451.544.2%55.2
Last 5 Games1-4-6.21-43-2103.248.445.2%52.4114.061.448.7%50.0
Division Games2-2-6.51-30-498.750.040.4%56.2101.550.542.8%59.0
UTAH Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)105.952.038-8445.1%12-3138.0%18-2477.4%54821216164
vs opponents surrendering110.354.840-8945.0%12-3336.1%18-2377.7%541024218155
Team Stats (Road Games)102.946.335-8243.4%12-3236.0%20-2678.3%53821216164
Stats Against (All Games)106.052.039-8944.2%11-3234.3%16-2275.4%53921228136
vs opponents averaging111.455.941-8946.0%12-3335.3%18-2377.1%541025218155
Stats Against (Road Games)106.451.540-9144.2%11-3334.0%15-2172.2%551122228125

MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games10-13-9.89-1314-9114.658.444.5%56.9117.458.246.1%56.0
Home Games3-7-142-75-5109.556.241.8%60.4115.657.844.7%58.3
Last 5 Games0-5-12.50-54-1116.458.046.4%50.0128.457.650.7%52.0
Division Games1-3+0.22-21-3108.053.543.1%59.2111.051.542.6%59.7
MINNESOTA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)114.658.441-9244.5%13-3833.2%20-2676.3%571123228156
vs opponents surrendering111.655.841-8945.8%12-3335.9%18-2377.3%531024218145
Team Stats (Home Games)109.556.239-9341.8%11-4027.9%20-2874.3%601322218156
Stats Against (All Games)117.458.243-9446.1%12-3236.8%19-2578.4%561125237145
vs opponents averaging111.755.941-8946.1%12-3335.9%18-2377.2%531025218155
Stats Against (Home Games)115.657.842-9544.7%12-3435.9%19-2478.8%581224238145
Average power rating of opponents played: UTAH 96.7,  MINNESOTA 96.7
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
UTAH - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
11/1/2019@ SACRAMENTO101-102L-4L213.5U35-7347.9%481741-8448.8%4516
11/3/2019@ LA CLIPPERS94-105L4.5L213U31-7839.7%491436-9239.1%719
11/6/2019PHILADELPHIA106-104W-3L209O41-8946.1%541333-8041.2%5314
11/8/2019MILWAUKEE103-100W2W217.5U34-8440.5%662034-9535.8%6212
11/11/2019@ GOLDEN STATE122-108W-7.5W211O40-8149.4%511245-9447.9%5110
11/12/2019BROOKLYN119-114W-6.5L219O43-9246.7%581141-9045.6%5216
11/15/2019@ MEMPHIS106-107L-8L215U35-8740.2%611443-9644.8%5111
11/18/2019MINNESOTA102-112L-9L219U35-9636.5%601441-8946.1%5815
11/20/2019@ MINNESOTA103-95W-3W223U35-8640.7%581135-8939.3%6513
11/22/2019GOLDEN STATE113-109W-16L208.5O43-8550.6%561743-9445.7%418
11/23/2019NEW ORLEANS128-120W-5.5W226.5O42-8251.2%571742-10141.6%4710
11/25/2019@ MILWAUKEE118-122L8.5W226O43-8550.6%451643-9744.3%589
11/27/2019@ INDIANA102-121L1L207.5O36-8343.4%461650-9652.1%5512
11/29/2019@ MEMPHIS103-94W-7W223.5U38-9540.0%61537-9439.4%6411
12/1/2019@ TORONTO110-130L2L208O38-9042.2%591847-9052.2%4814
12/2/2019@ PHILADELPHIA94-103L5L209U38-8146.9%521937-9140.7%5914
12/4/2019LA LAKERS96-121L-2L211.5O34-8341.0%531846-9051.1%557
12/7/2019MEMPHIS126-112W-11.5W218O45-8056.2%472243-8153.1%3614
12/9/2019OKLAHOMA CITY90-104L-8.5L206U36-8940.4%511440-8547.1%5210
12/11/2019@ MINNESOTA              
12/13/2019GOLDEN STATE              
12/17/2019ORLANDO              
12/19/2019@ ATLANTA              
12/21/2019@ CHARLOTTE              
12/23/2019@ MIAMI              
12/26/2019PORTLAND              

MINNESOTA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
11/2/2019@ WASHINGTON131-109W3W228.5O51-9454.3%622137-9538.9%4817
11/4/2019MILWAUKEE106-134L7.5L230.5O37-10335.9%551550-9353.8%6717
11/6/2019@ MEMPHIS121-137L-3.5L224.5O43-9644.8%461150-8856.8%5717
11/8/2019GOLDEN STATE125-119W-12L227.5O48-11143.2%731743-10341.7%6019
11/10/2019DENVER98-100L4W218.5U34-9735.1%691239-10138.6%7120
11/11/2019@ DETROIT120-114W4W223.5O45-8950.6%491639-8744.8%5217
11/13/2019SAN ANTONIO129-114W-1.5W229.5O45-9149.5%561044-9048.9%4811
11/15/2019WASHINGTON116-137L-5.5L239O42-8947.2%512054-10054.0%5613
11/16/2019HOUSTON105-125L-2L230.5U38-8445.2%561843-9445.7%4911
11/18/2019@ UTAH112-102W9W219U41-8946.1%581535-9636.5%6014
11/20/2019UTAH95-103L3L223U35-8939.3%651335-8640.7%5811
11/23/2019PHOENIX98-100L-4.5L235.5U38-9141.8%651433-9634.4%607
11/25/2019@ ATLANTA125-113W-4.5W236.5O41-9045.6%571341-9443.6%5817
11/27/2019@ SAN ANTONIO113-101W3W229.5U37-8543.5%631141-9742.3%506
12/1/2019MEMPHIS107-115L-12L231U33-8538.8%591641-10041.0%6111
12/4/2019@ DALLAS114-121L5.5L228.5O37-8941.6%521246-9250.0%548
12/6/2019@ OKLAHOMA CITY127-139L3.5L217O50-9652.1%451349-8855.7%5010
12/8/2019@ LA LAKERS125-142L9.5L227O44-8551.8%401555-9458.5%4610
12/9/2019@ PHOENIX109-125L3L232.5O40-8547.1%541647-9549.5%499
12/11/2019UTAH              
12/13/2019LA CLIPPERS              
12/18/2019NEW ORLEANS              
12/20/2019@ DENVER              
12/21/2019@ PORTLAND              
12/23/2019@ GOLDEN STATE              
12/26/2019@ SACRAMENTO              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
UTAH: LAST SEASON: 50-32, lost 4-1 to Houston in Western Conference first round.
COACH: Quin Snyder (sixth season, 227-183).
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE: G Mike Conley (21.1 ppg), G Donovan Mitchell (23.8), F Bojan Bogdanovic. (18.0), F Joe Ingles (12.1), C Rudy Gobert (15.9)
KEY LOSSES: F/C Derrick Favors, G Ricky Rubio, F Jae Crowder, G Kyle Korver.
KEY ADDITIONS: Conley, Bogdanovic, F Jeff Green, C Ed Davis, G Emmanuel Mudiay.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: All eyes will be on Mitchell to see if he can emerge as a true All-Star this season. The third-year guard, who averaged at least 20 points in each of his first two seasons, won't have to shoulder as big of a load in creating the offense with Conley now sharing the backcourt. Gobert is a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and will anchor one of the league's best defenses again. He posted career-highs in points (15.9) and rebounds (12.9) per game a year ago. Bogdanovic adds a valuable shooter on the wing with Ingles that should give the Jazz an improved outside scoring punch. He shot a career-high 42.5 percent from 3-point range last season.
OUTLOOK: The Jazz are well positioned to take a step forward and become a Western Conference title contender. Conley gives Utah a veteran point guard who is a legit scoring threat in addition to a strong passer. Bogdanovic and Green will also shore up shooting and help Conley take away some of the pressure from Ingles and Mitchell to get it all done on offense. Utah's fortunes, ultimately, will rise and fall on the continued progression of the central star duo of Mitchell and Gobert. If the Jazz offense can catch up to the team's elite defense this season, few teams will be able hang with Utah as the season progresses.
MINNESOTA: LAST SEASON: 36-46, finished 11th in Western Conference.
COACH: Ryan Saunders (second season, 17-25 as interim coach last season).
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE: G Jeff Teague (12.1 ppg), G Andrew Wiggins (18.1), F Jake Layman (7.6), F Robert Covington (14.5), C Karl-Anthony Towns (24.4).
KEY LOSSES: G Derrick Rose, G Tyus Jones, F Taj Gibson, F Dario Saric, F Anthony Tolliver, G Jerryd Bayless, F Luol Deng.
KEY ADDITIONS: Layman, G Jarrett Culver, G Shabazz Napier, G/F Treveon Graham, F Noah Vonleh, F Jordan Bell, G Jaylen Nowell, C Naz Reid.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Towns is as versatile of a big man as there is in the league, but he can't carry the scoring load alone so the pressure will be on Wiggins to take a step forward under Saunders in the second year of his max contract extension carrying a $27 million salary cap hit. Having a healthy Covington, the team's best defender who arrived in the Jimmy Butler trade from the Sixers last season but missed the last 45 games because of a bone bruise on his knee, will be a critical factor. Culver, the sixth overall pick in the draft out of NCAA runner up Texas Tech, ought to provide more of that valuable perimeter defense along with Josh Okogie off the bench. Either of them could crack the starting lineup at some point, too.
OUTLOOK: The Timberwolves have started fresh, yet again, with Saunders, the youngest coach in the league, beneath an overhauled front office headed by new president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas. With Towns and Wiggins, they have a pair of under-25 standouts locked in, and a quiet offseason relative to the rest of the NBA yielded some useful role players in Layman, Vonleh, Bell, Napier and Graham. The first steps are to establish themselves as a far more consistent and efficient team on defense and shooting from the outside. With the Western Conference even more loaded than before, though, it will be tough to measure progress in the standings. Increasing their win total will be a tall order.
PREVIEW
Struggling Jazz try to extend Timberwolves' skid
 

Once again, the Utah Jazz are mired in another slow start. Finding a way to get back on track has not been simple or easy to do.

The Jazz have dropped six out of their last eight games heading into Wednesday night's road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Utah's only victories during that stretch have come against a rebuilding Memphis squad.

The formula for a loss has stayed consistent. Utah has settled for low-percentage shots, is giving up turnovers in bunches, and lacks energy on defense.

"Honestly, we have been saying the same things for a week and a half. We need a tougher mindset," guard Donovan Mitchell told reporters. "We've got to get back in transition and communicate. When we don't hit shots, we can't allow it to affect our defense."

Turnovers are a persistent problem affecting both ends of the court. Jazz opponents have scored 19 or more points off turnovers in nine of Utah's last 10 games. As a result, Utah is yielding 20.1 fast-break points per game over their last eight contests.

In Monday's 104-90 loss to Oklahoma City, the Jazz trailed over the final three quarters after struggling with bad passing and poor shooting. Utah coughed up 14 turnovers and shot 40.4 percent from the floor.

The Thunder were the fifth opponent in the last seven games to shoot better than 45 percent from the field against the Jazz.

"We've got to be connected in order to really defend," Utah coach Quin Snyder said. "That means everybody doing their job. It's kind of a chain reaction at times. There's nothing about our team that doesn't own the performance."

Minnesota is also seeking answers to its own struggles. The Timberwolves have dropped five straight games -- most recently falling to the Phoenix Suns 125-109 on Monday to cap off a four-game road trip.

Defense has been a major issue for Minnesota during this winless stretch. The Wolves are allowing 128.4 points per game over the last five contests. A night after Minnesota allowed a season-high 142 points to the Los Angeles Lakers, it allowed the Suns to shoot 49.5 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range.

The Wolves have a 124.7 defensive rating in December.

"Not a good road trip for our defense," Minnesota coach Ryan Saunders said. "Not a good road trip for us in general. We have things we need to clean up going home. We'll have challenges but opportunities."

Utah and Minnesota have already played twice this season. The two teams played consecutive games in mid-November with each road team coming away with a victory.

Karl-Anthony Towns will be the x-factor for the Wolves. He is averaging 21.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists versus the Jazz this season. Towns ran off 29 points, 13 rebounds, and five assists when Minnesota beat Utah 112-102 on November 18. He scored only 14 points in a 103-95 loss to the Jazz two nights later.

Bojan Bogdanovic keyed Utah's victory in the most recent meeting between the two teams. He ran off 30 points on 9-of-18 shooting. Bogdanovic has averaged 24 points in the two contests with Minnesota.

--Field Level Media


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 3:05:16 PM EST.


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