⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 24 from three- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 43
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 30-18 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses technical free throw
Q2 0:42 · MEM 53-61 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:05 · MEM 16-29 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 10:00 · MEM 60-76 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 91 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
