⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
-3Q121-25
+4Q219-17
-11Q321-32
-2Q421-26
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 16-0 off them- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
- Lost the glass, 15 rebounds to 25
Key battles
0Points off turnovers16
6Fast break points18
1Steals5
16Turnovers8
🏀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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:56 · MIN 10-4 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 0 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
