⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of fourteen from three- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 22
- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:57 · MIN 28-28 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Evans technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 1:42 · MIN 47-49 OKC
- Technical
Rashard Lewis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:28 · MIN 93-82 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
