⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-12 off them
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 50
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 6:07 · MIN 100-113 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:30 · MIN 4-13 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 7:58 · MIN 52-79 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:23 · MIN 71-93 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
