⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 1:57 · MIN 69-55 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 2:41 · MIN 44-45 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 0 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
