⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 19-11 off them
- A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 6:50 · MIN 38-42 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett double technical foul
Q3 0:07 · MIN 58-78 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 7:43 · MIN 14-25 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 4:01 · MIN 40-52 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 5:22 · MIN 56-74 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
