⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
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.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili Lost Ball. Stolen by Sam Cassell.
Q4 4:48 · MIN 79-84 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · MIN 90-92 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:08 · MIN 92-94 SA
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
