⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:32 · MIN 28-23 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 5:07 · MIN 55-37 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 8:41 · MIN 107-80 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Craig Smith double technical foul
Q4 7:52 · MIN 103-80 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 38 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
