⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41- A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:29 · LAL 35-33 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 11:00 · LAL 57-45 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q4 10:06 · LAL 87-65 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 2:20 · LAL 69-63 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |