⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-3Q124-30
-4Q222-25
+6Q323-19
-1Q429-28
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better 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, 34 free throws to their seventeen- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 45
Key battles
1Blocks7
14Free throws made28
16Turnovers11
33%Three-point accuracy44%
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
