⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 7
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 22-point lead to 30
Q4 5:37 · MIN 98-68 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Cassell Technical Foul. Cassell's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 9:08 · MIN 53-39 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kwame Brown missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q1 2:47 · MIN 15-12 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
