⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 23
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 9:04 · MIN 106-77 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells Technical Foul
Q2 5:54 · MIN 45-34 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
