⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 22-11 off them
- Lost the glass, 22 rebounds to 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:41 · LAL 11-6 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Cook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:32 · LAL 52-37 MIN
- Turnover
Chris Mihm offensive foul (Kevin Garnett draws the foul)
Q4 2:21 · LAL 96-103 MIN
- Turnover
Chris Mihm turnover
Q4 2:21 · LAL 96-103 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 1:24 · LAL 80-76 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 7:24 · LAL 90-94 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses technical free throw
Q2 1:32 · LAL 52-37 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
