⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 18-6 off them- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 51
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 9:18 · DET 54-53 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:58 · DET 77-79 MIN
- Go-ahead
Richard Hamilton made Two Point Shot.
Q4 0:15 · DET 85-84 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:54 · DET 74-79 MIN
- Turnover
Darvin Ham Bad Pass. Stolen by Sam Cassell.
Q4 0:00 · DET 87-86 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 0:11 · DET 20-30 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 5:01 · DET 56-63 MIN
- Lead
Latrell Sprewell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:19 · DET 83-84 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:19 · DET 83-84 MIN
- Missed FT
Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · DET 87-86 MIN
- Missed FT
Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · DET 87-86 MIN
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
