⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q3 0:37 · DEN 71-65 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Posey missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 8:33 · DEN 50-51 MIN
- Missed FT
Kenny Satterfield missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:43 · DEN 75-77 MIN
- Missed FT
Kenny Satterfield missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:43 · DEN 75-77 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q4 6:39 · DEN 75-79 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 3:54 · DEN 77-87 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:20 · DEN 77-81 MIN
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:20 · DEN 77-81 MIN
- Missed FT
Marc Jackson missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:19 · DEN 84-91 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
