⏱️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
+5Q132-26
-6Q226-31
+5Q333-27
+3Q424-24
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 5
Key battles
23Fast break points5
2Blocks7
3Threes made7
17Offensive rebounds10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 6:24 · MIN 83-72 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marco Belinelli misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:47 · MIN 105-97 GS
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
