⏱️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
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett Double Technical Foul. Malik Rose gains possession.
Q4 10:00 · MIN 56-66 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 3:09 · MIN 29-42 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
David Robinson Traveling
Q4 1:28 · MIN 69-74 SA
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
