⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-1Q119-18
+1Q228-24
-3Q326-25
+7Q429-21
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
Key battles
6Threes made2
46%Three-point accuracy29%
10Turnovers16
17Offensive rebounds11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 5:01 · SA 98-82 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
