⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 4
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 6:26 · MIN 25-11 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 2:00 · MIN 40-20 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 6:52 · MIN 52-46 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Renaldo Balkman flagrant foul type 1 (Craig Smith draws the foul)
Q4 7:28 · MIN 102-86 NY
📊The numbers
| MIN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
