⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 24-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 11:38 · SA 51-51 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:58 · SA 65-60 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 10:55 · SA 28-40 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Ervin Johnson Technical Foul. Johnson's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 3:58 · SA 57-60 MIN
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Traveling
Q4 5:00 · SA 84-77 MIN
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
