⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 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
▲ SA better than we expected
+2Q120-16
+7Q230-20
+8Q324-15
-8Q412-18
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 19-7 off them
Key battles
10Steals2
19Points off turnovers7
10Turnovers20
41%Three-point accuracy29%
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
