⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruce Bowen Double Technical Foul. Wally Szczerbiak gains possession.
Q3 0:55 · SA 72-55 MIN
- Flagrant
Nazr Mohammed Flagrant Foul Type 1. His 3rd Personal Foul.
Q4 1:12 · SA 85-70 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
