⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-6 off them- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Corey Maggette Technical Foul
Q3 2:00 · LAC 59-73 MIN
- Technical
Corey Maggette Technical Foul
Q3 2:00 · LAC 59-73 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:48 · LAC 5-14 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 11:03 · LAC 18-35 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Olowokandi Technical Foul
Q3 10:11 · LAC 43-54 MIN
- Technical
Michael Olowokandi Technical Foul
Q3 2:00 · LAC 59-73 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
