⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- They went cold, one of fourteen from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 8:12 · MIL 72-78 MIN
- Steal
Luke Ridnour stole it from Randy Foye
Q4 0:43 · MIL 81-88 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Charlie Villanueva technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:12 · MIL 56-69 MIN
- Missed FT
Luke Ridnour misses technical free throw
Q4 4:24 · MIL 74-81 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Love offensive foul (Charlie Bell draws the foul)
Q4 4:24 · MIL 74-81 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:25 · MIL 76-83 MIN
- Turnover
Randy Foye lost ball
Q4 0:43 · MIL 81-88 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
