⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 4- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antoine Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:11 · MIN 101-108 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:36 · MIN 0-12 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:50 · MIN 58-68 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 12 |
