⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses technical free throw
Q4 11:49 · MIN 70-79 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:54 · MIN 15-21 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
