⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:20 · LAL 74-74 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 6:13 · LAL 90-87 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q1 7:31 · LAL 6-6 MIN
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 5:52 · LAL 33-30 MIN
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · LAL 96-92 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 1:37 · LAL 25-26 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 8:37 · LAL 33-37 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · LAL 98-95 MIN
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · LAL 98-95 MIN
- Turnover
Troy Hudson Lost Ball. Stolen by Robert Horry.
Q4 0:04 · LAL 102-97 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
