⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen- A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Lost Ball
Q4 2:31 · MEM 85-91 MIN
- Turnover
Jason Williams Backcourt
Q4 0:02 · MEM 93-95 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up
Q2 6:37 · MEM 47-48 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 6:52 · MEM 80-89 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Radoslav Nesterovic missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:12 · MEM 85-91 MIN
- Missed FT
Radoslav Nesterovic missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:12 · MEM 85-91 MIN
- Turnover
Felipe Lopez Lost Ball
Q4 0:06 · MEM 93-95 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
