⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 2:45 · LAC 24-27 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 8:00 · LAC 32-41 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Slater Technical Foul
Q2 8:25 · LAC 29-31 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
