⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:17 · SA 33-28 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 4:31 · SA 98-80 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 0:32 · SA 79-70 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:13 · SA 16-19 MIN
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
