⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:01 · SA 35-24 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 5:39 · SA 86-67 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:48 · SA 10-16 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 11 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
