⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 0:01 · MIL 78-89 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:07 · MIL 102-107 MIN
- Turnover
Tim Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Kevin Garnett.
Q4 0:00 · MIL 112-117 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 1:02 · MIL 51-63 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Peeler Bad Pass. Stolen by Gary Payton.
Q4 2:25 · MIL 96-101 MIN
- Turnover
Anthony Peeler Bad Pass. Stolen by Sam Cassell.
Q4 0:06 · MIL 110-116 MIN
- Missed FT
Troy Hudson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · MIL 112-116 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
