⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q2 4:05 · MIN 39-44 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 2:06 · MIN 95-112 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:32 · MIN 26-36 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 5:54 · MIN 28-44 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q4 10:07 · MIN 75-100 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 8 |
