⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 27- Made one threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jiri Welsch missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 10:51 · BOS 74-91 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 11:42 · BOS 22-38 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 10:26 · BOS 55-65 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 1:06 · BOS 69-89 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Gary Trent Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 10:51 · BOS 73-91 MIN
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
