⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
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
- Missed FT
Ryan Gomes misses technical free throw
Q2 5:45 · MIN 30-22 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 10:37 · MIN 43-44 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 3:15 · MIN 52-64 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 5:45 · MIN 30-22 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 11 | Assists | 20 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
