⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 1:57 · MIN 28-14 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 6:37 · MIN 44-25 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 0:06 · MIN 59-38 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
