⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Cavaliers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:27 · MIN 99-92 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:58 · MIN 99-92 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:58 · MIN 99-92 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
