⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty- A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up
Q4 11:12 · MIN 76-68 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:25 · MIN 33-41 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 1:52 · MIN 33-42 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
