⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:14 · MIN 49-39 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:27 · MIN 85-77 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
