⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 3:12 · MIN 79-67 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Trent Technical Foul
Q4 9:41 · MIN 87-79 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Pat Garrity Technical Foul
Q3 10:52 · MIN 53-48 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 35 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
