⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-10 off them
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 1:37 · MIN 50-63 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Fortson Technical Foul
Q4 3:44 · MIN 83-97 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
