⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marko Jaric bad pass
Q4 2:08 · MIN 95-88 LAC
- Missed FT
Al Jefferson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:32 · MIN 96-88 LAC
- Missed FT
Rashad McCants misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:43 · MIN 96-89 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:18 · MIN 78-70 LAC
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · MIN 96-88 LAC
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · MIN 97-89 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
