⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 29-4 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Troy Hudson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 1:30 · MIN 46-52 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:26 · MIN 2-8 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q4 6:09 · MIN 81-111 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q2 1:30 · MIN 46-52 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
