⏱️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 first quarter but fell behind it by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 13-3 off them- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 2:47 · MIN 33-15 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:27 · MIN 93-88 CHI
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:06 · MIN 94-90 CHI
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:06 · MIN 94-90 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:53 · MIN 89-85 CHI
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 1:19 · MIN 94-90 CHI
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · MIN 96-90 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
