⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 12-4 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 9:25 · MIN 17-6 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 6:22 · MIN 48-40 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Bad Pass. Stolen by Antoine Walker.
Q4 0:37 · MIN 96-100 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:16 · MIN 31-31 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:55 · MIN 74-74 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q4 4:41 · MIN 92-100 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shammond Williams Bad Pass
Q4 4:09 · MIN 92-93 BOS
- Missed FT
Shammond Williams missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:42 · MIN 92-93 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · MIN 99-104 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
