⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, seventeen 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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 6:54 · MIN 29-42 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q2 2:16 · MIN 35-59 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q3 10:30 · MIN 37-68 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
