⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32
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 8-point lead to 16
Q1 4:16 · MIN 27-11 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 0:00 · MIN 71-75 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
