⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fifteen from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 22-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 4:56 · SAC 26-24 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Miller Technical Foul
Q1 8:37 · SAC 4-9 MIN
- Technical
Brad Miller Technical Foul
Q4 0:39 · SAC 110-120 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 2:19 · SAC 104-117 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Cassell Technical Foul
Q1 4:56 · SAC 17-24 MIN
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 12 |
