⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:19 · MIN 18-18 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 6:54 · MIN 56-46 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 5:13 · MIN 81-66 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Madsen Technical Foul
Q3 3:28 · MIN 60-50 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brad Miller Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 0:29 · MIN 16-18 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
