⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 8:41 · NO 71-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Fred Hoiberg missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:03 · NO 94-98 MIN
📊The numbers
| NO | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
