⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-13 off them- Made two 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 8:52 · GS 69-68 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:57 · GS 10-15 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:39 · GS 35-51 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 10:34 · GS 79-92 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
