⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 10- Made three threes to their nine
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 34
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.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:27 · MIN 8-14 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:08 · MIN 98-100 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
