⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 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.
Bulls
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 2:29 · CHI 16-29 MIN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 8:02 · CHI 60-75 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 2:51 · CHI 62-85 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
