⏱️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
▲ CLE 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 Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 6:37 · CLE 80-92 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:06 · CLE 30-29 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 1:09 · CLE 53-63 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Jackson Technical Foul
Q2 5:39 · CLE 45-43 MIN
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 12 | Blocks | 6 |
