⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 2:45 · WSH 27-14 MIN
- Winner
Javaris Crittenton hit a jumper
Q4 0:55 · WSH 102-101 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 0:55 · WSH 109-101 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5
Q2 3:28 · WSH 47-42 MIN
- Go-ahead
Sebastian Telfair hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 1:07 · WSH 100-101 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:31 · WSH 47-42 MIN
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
