⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 3:27 · MIN 27-18 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:50 · MIN 27-27 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 35 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
