⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 28- A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Posey missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 8:11 · MEM 25-34 MIN
- Technical
Bonzi Wells Double Technical Foul. Kevin Garnett gains possession.
Q2 4:07 · MEM 27-46 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:03 · MEM 4-13 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:08 · MEM 25-38 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q2 6:22 · MEM 27-52 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
