⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 0:40 · ATL 50-46 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nazr Mohammed missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:56 · ATL 88-87 MIN
- Missed FT
Nazr Mohammed missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:56 · ATL 88-87 MIN
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:20 · ATL 97-89 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Lost Ball. Stolen by Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
Q4 1:28 · ATL 92-89 MIN
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
