⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 17-8 off them
- Lost the glass, 43 rebounds to 55
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Blount Double Technical Foul. Kevin Garnett gains possession.
Q2 0:38 · DEN 42-43 MIN
- Technical
Juwan Howard Technical Foul
Q4 4:09 · DEN 70-79 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:23 · DEN 77-84 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
