⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 13-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Olowokandi Technical Foul. Olowokandi's 2nd Technical Foul.
Q2 8:42 · MIN 29-27 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Corey Maggette Flagrant Foul Type 1. Maggette's 1st Personal Foul, Los Angeles's 2nd Team Foul.
Q1 6:48 · MIN 15-12 LAC
- Technical
Bobby Simmons Technical Foul. Simmons's 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 3:57 · MIN 39-34 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
