⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Timberwolves 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:37 · MIN 10-2 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:49 · MIN 47-41 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Latrell Sprewell Bad Pass. Stolen by Chucky Atkins.
Q4 4:13 · MIN 66-70 BOS
- Turnover
Wally Szczerbiak Bad Pass. Stolen by Mark Blount.
Q4 0:44 · MIN 72-76 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:15 · MIN 58-53 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q4 9:19 · MIN 64-67 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:20 · MIN 72-76 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
