⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
0Q124-23
-2Q220-23
-10Q323-32
+2Q421-19
▼ LAL 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 Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
3Offensive rebounds7
15Turnovers8
18Assists29
3Fast break points1
🏀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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 2:47 · MIN 67-78 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Traveling
Q4 1:49 · MIN 88-92 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
