⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 9
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:01 · MIN 13-21 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 9:52 · MIN 73-98 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:43 · MIN 10-13 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 11 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
