⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, five of eight from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
A 15-0 run took them from 11 down to 4 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:00 · DET 20-20 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 11 down to 4 up
Q2 8:18 · DET 37-33 MIN
- Lead
Antonio McDyess hit a 16-foot jumper, Tayshaun Prince with the assist
OT 4:41 · DET 81-79 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 2 of 2
OT 3:31 · DET 82-84 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:30 · DET 0-8 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 9:37 · DET 68-73 MIN
- Winner
Ricky Davis hit a 23-foot three jumper, Trenton Hassell with the assist
OT 4:22 · DET 81-82 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:08 · DET 75-77 MIN
- Turnover
Randy Foye lost ball
Q4 2:36 · DET 75-77 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:54 · DET 75-77 MIN
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
