⏱️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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-6 off them- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 22
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 0:14 · MIN 28-20 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 0:03 · MIN 70-51 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mitchell Butler Technical Foul
Q3 8:45 · MIN 51-39 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
