⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 31- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alvin Williams missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 5:28 · TOR 47-35 MIN
- Technical
Jelani McCoy Technical Foul
Q3 0:24 · TOR 86-69 MIN
- Flagrant
Jelani McCoy Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 0:09 · TOR 105-89 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rod Strickland Technical Foul
Q2 5:28 · TOR 47-35 MIN
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
