⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 20-12 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the fourth 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q4 5:41 · MIN 79-92 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q1 0:05 · MIN 16-35 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 0:00 · MIN 39-63 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q3 4:20 · MIN 46-78 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
