⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 32-19 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Quinton Ross technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 10:55 · LAC 40-46 MIN
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses technical free throw
Q3 6:05 · LAC 52-62 MIN
- Flagrant
Tim Thomas flagrant foul type 1 (Ricky Davis draws the foul)
Q4 4:41 · LAC 81-86 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 6:20 · LAC 81-90 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Blount technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 6:05 · LAC 52-62 MIN
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:37 · LAC 69-72 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 12 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
