⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their nine- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-4 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 4
- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26 in the fourth quarter
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 6:26 · MIN 40-45 NO
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q4 7:01 · MIN 82-108 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 34
Q4 4:03 · MIN 84-118 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
