⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 15-2 off them- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 6:11 · LAL 64-57 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 6:46 · LAL 25-28 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 7:48 · LAL 54-57 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
