⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 28-5 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 8:57 · MIN 35-16 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 35
Q3 5:33 · MIN 75-40 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett Double Technical Foul. Ron Artest gains possession.
Q3 5:33 · MIN 68-40 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 27
Q3 2:09 · MIN 81-54 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal Technical Foul
Q2 5:20 · MIN 35-17 IND
📊The numbers
| MIN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 14 | Blocks | 4 |
