⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their 25- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
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 10:30 · MIN 12-2 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 6:39 · MIN 60-58 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 1:23 · MIN 71-77 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damon Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · MIN 88-92 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
