⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 30-19 off them- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 30
- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 49
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 3:15 · LAC 48-39 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 0:38 · LAC 83-65 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Doug Overton Flagrant Foul Type 2
Q4 7:31 · LAC 83-67 MIN
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:31 · LAC 87-80 MIN
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson Bad Pass. Stolen by Latrell Sprewell.
Q4 1:54 · LAC 92-84 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:42 · LAC 69-63 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q4 7:56 · LAC 83-76 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
