⏱️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
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 10:18 · MIN 60-58 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 5:22 · MIN 70-64 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeShawn Stevenson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · MIN 49-53 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
