⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 25- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-14 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 8:40 · MIN 9-17 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q1 4:24 · MIN 13-31 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 4:09 · MIN 89-111 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
