⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 22-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:19 · NO 26-21 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 0:00 · NO 67-66 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul double technical foul
Q3 8:26 · NO 49-48 MIN
- Technical
Desmond Mason technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:08 · NO 57-63 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:05 · NO 26-29 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 9:08 · NO 67-76 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ricky Davis traveling
Q4 0:16 · NO 77-85 MIN
- Missed FT
Marko Jaric misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · NO 79-86 MIN
📊The numbers
| NO | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
