⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their ten
- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q4 8:57 · TOR 87-79 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Bonner Technical Foul. Bonner's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 5:24 · TOR 86-79 MIN
- Missed FT
Milt Palacio missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · TOR 95-88 MIN
- Missed FT
Milt Palacio missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · TOR 96-88 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Latrell Sprewell Technical Foul. Sprewell's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 5:24 · TOR 86-79 MIN
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
