⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:47 · LAL 93-85 MIN
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Bad Pass. Stolen by Wally Szczerbiak.
Q4 1:28 · LAL 95-88 MIN
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:46 · LAL 95-88 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 4:09 · LAL 93-85 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
