⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their twelve- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 9
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:21 · MIN 51-55 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Beasley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:36 · MIN 89-100 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 8:15 · MIN 33-44 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 10:52 · MIN 53-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
