⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 43
- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 16-8 off them
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 4:52 · MIN 25-14 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q4 10:47 · MIN 67-73 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rick Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MIN 85-92 HOU
- Missed FT
Rick Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MIN 85-92 HOU
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · MIN 87-92 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
