⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 11:26 · MIN 60-68 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Joe Smith Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 8:00 · MIN 6-10 LAL
- Technical
Radoslav Nesterovic Technical Foul
Q3 1:52 · MIN 76-85 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 2:35 · MIN 76-92 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
