⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- They went cold, two of nine from three
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 16-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:19 · DEN 80-85 MIN
- Missed FT
Kenyon Martin missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:43 · DEN 81-88 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 8:11 · DEN 26-32 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Bad Pass. Stolen by Rodney White.
Q4 4:20 · DEN 75-80 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
