⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hornets 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q3 0:33 · MIN 80-58 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richie Frahm missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 7:48 · MIN 27-23 CHA
- Missed FT
Mark Madsen missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 7:07 · MIN 51-42 CHA
- Technical
Kevin Garnett Double Technical Foul. Jake Voskuhl gains possession.
Q3 6:09 · MIN 54-44 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Keith Bogans Flagrant Foul Type 1. Mark Madsen gains possession.
Q3 7:07 · MIN 51-42 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
