⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 11:51 · MIN 16-14 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 2:15 · MIN 63-52 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 9:29 · MIN 74-58 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:57 · MIN 31-34 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
