⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 20-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:58 · MIN 8-16 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:01 · MIN 45-45 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 12:00 · MIN 45-39 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
