⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of thirteen from three- Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their five
- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 11:02 · MIN 22-20 BKN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q4 7:39 · MIN 75-58 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Jefferson Technical Foul
Q1 2:30 · MIN 7-14 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 1 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
