⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 5:28 · TOR 19-4 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 5:37 · TOR 47-25 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Pape Sow technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:18 · TOR 61-39 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 11 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
