⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
-2Q120-21
-3Q225-24
+6Q325-16
-17Q415-28
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
10Blocks4
18Offensive rebounds9
13Free throws made23
20%Three-point accuracy31%
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
