⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:05 · MEM 66-68 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:35 · MEM 24-33 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 0:03 · MEM 44-57 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sam Cassell Bad Pass
Q4 3:39 · MEM 83-87 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
