⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:03 · HOU 12-4 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 3:16 · HOU 62-65 MIN
- Steal
Lonny Baxter stole it from Trenton Hassell
Q4 1:51 · HOU 86-90 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:13 · HOU 17-17 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 9:33 · HOU 32-42 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trenton Hassell bad pass
Q4 1:51 · HOU 86-90 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:35 · HOU 90-92 MIN
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · HOU 90-92 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
