⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse 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, 27 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Bad Pass
Q4 1:20 · MIN 79-75 SAC
- Turnover
Ervin Johnson Lost Ball. Stolen by Brad Miller.
Q4 1:05 · MIN 79-75 SAC
- Turnover
Sam Cassell Lost Ball. Stolen by Doug Christie.
Q4 0:45 · MIN 79-75 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 4:46 · MIN 57-58 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brad Miller missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:20 · MIN 77-70 SAC
- Missed FT
Brad Miller missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:20 · MIN 77-70 SAC
- Turnover
Brad Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Kevin Garnett.
Q4 0:32 · MIN 79-75 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |