⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Celtics 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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:48 · MIN 10-0 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 0:54 · MIN 63-42 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 6:24 · MIN 102-70 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
