⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 29-17 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the fourth quarter
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
- Winner
Randy Foye hit a 7-foot two point shot
Q4 0:01 · MIN 100-98 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Randy Foye flagrant foul type 1 (Luol Deng draws the foul)
Q4 8:56 · MIN 84-70 CHI
- Turnover
Marko Jaric lost ball
Q4 0:54 · MIN 98-94 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:54 · MIN 94-92 CHI
- Steal
Andres Nocioni stole it from Marko Jaric
Q4 0:54 · MIN 98-94 CHI
- Ties it
Ben Gordon hit a driving layup
Q4 0:07 · MIN 98-98 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
