⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 28 rebounds to 16- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 10
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 0:46 · WSH 66-46 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 10:42 · WSH 56-46 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Sebastian Telfair flagrant foul type 1 (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)
Q3 10:42 · WSH 56-46 MIN
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 85 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
