⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 18
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 6:00 · OKC 37-43 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 7:03 · OKC 93-100 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vladimir Radmanovic Turnover
Q4 1:05 · OKC 107-111 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q1 1:25 · OKC 18-31 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 4:56 · OKC 69-78 MIN
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · OKC 107-112 MIN
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
