⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one
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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 9:33 · MIN 37-42 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 5:56 · MIN 66-85 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 10:37 · MIN 80-100 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rasual Butler misses technical free throw
Q2 11:10 · MIN 33-29 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
