⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 29
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 dragged them back level
Q3 9:57 · MIN 60-60 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:15 · MIN 4-10 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dan Dickau misses technical free throw
Q4 5:28 · MIN 95-75 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
