⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 30-11 off them
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Olowokandi Technical Foul
Q3 8:19 · MIN 45-41 LAC
- Missed FT
Eric Piatkowski missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:50 · MIN 47-44 LAC
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q3 7:50 · MIN 47-44 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
