⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, six of ten from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike James offensive foul (Brian Cardinal draws the foul)
Q4 0:13 · MEM 108-116 MIN
- Turnover
Mike James turnover
Q4 0:13 · MEM 108-116 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
