⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made one threes to their seven
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:29 · WSH 34-35 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 7:20 · WSH 44-39 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 7:07 · WSH 83-94 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
