⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-4Q118-23
-1Q216-19
-8Q316-25
-2Q418-20
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-5 off them
Key battles
5Points off turnovers23
1Steals10
18Turnovers6
20%Three-point accuracy36%
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
