⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 14-4 off them
- Made four threes to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:42 · MIN 27-38 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 9:41 · MIN 53-60 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
