⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 36- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 6:01 · LAL 88-73 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q1 2:58 · LAL 16-17 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 11:38 · LAL 76-65 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 15 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
