⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Made no threes to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 4:56 · NY 15-25 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Smith missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 8:57 · NY 21-33 MIN
📊The numbers
| NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 8 | Threes made | 0 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
