⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 30-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:52 · TOR 18-19 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 2:24 · TOR 55-43 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:11 · TOR 2-12 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kirk Snyder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:17 · TOR 26-28 MIN
- Technical
Kirk Snyder technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 8:42 · TOR 90-71 MIN
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
