⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their nine- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the fourth quarter
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
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:46 · MIN 88-93 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q4 9:48 · MIN 75-84 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:08 · MIN 93-98 GS
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
