⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 11:33 · MIN 69-87 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mark Blount flagrant foul type 1 (Manu Ginobili draws the foul)
Q3 3:20 · MIN 56-75 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 1:01 · MIN 21-33 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:48 · MIN 28-41 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 10 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
