⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nine
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 5 down to 3 up
Q3 9:26 · MIN 62-59 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kirk Snyder technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 8:22 · MIN 62-59 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 2:36 · MIN 75-84 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 1:36 · MIN 89-109 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
