⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 3:21 · MIN 22-17 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 5:09 · MIN 67-45 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 2:53 · MIN 75-49 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
