⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
+2Q126-21
-17Q212-28
+4Q327-22
+1Q418-18
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
9Turnovers17
20Points off turnovers13
2Threes made4
11Offensive rebounds7
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
