⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Earl Watson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:48 · MEM 19-26 MIN
- Turnover
Jason Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Wally Szczerbiak .
Q4 3:10 · MEM 81-89 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:31 · MEM 9-18 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 2:53 · MEM 65-76 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Troy Hudson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 4:54 · MEM 9-12 MIN
- Technical
Marc Jackson Technical Foul
Q2 9:37 · MEM 22-30 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
