⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 19-6 off them- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 45
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:59 · MIN 10-2 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 28% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
