⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 5:15 · MIN 57-55 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
