⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 22-7 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 1:27 · MIN 60-56 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 1:17 · MIN 84-70 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 6:18 · MIN 106-85 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 9:30 · MIN 36-41 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 78% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
