⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 20-5 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 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.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q3 1:27 · MIN 93-70 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:47 · MIN 76-68 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Traylor Technical Foul
Q3 0:47 · MIN 82-70 NO
📊The numbers
| MIN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 39 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
