⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-12 off them- Made two threes to their nine
- Went cold from three, two of nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:04 · MIL 23-36 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Offensive Foul
Q4 1:39 · MIL 93-100 MIN
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Foul
Q4 1:39 · MIL 93-100 MIN
- Missed FT
Fred Hoiberg missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · MIL 101-105 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
