⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 19-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 5:20 · BKN 55-62 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:39 · BKN 8-16 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 10:26 · BKN 20-33 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 10:26 · BKN 61-81 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Troy Hudson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 8:18 · BKN 8-8 MIN
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
