⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-8 off them
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 stretched a 26-point lead to 36
Q3 5:11 · MIN 98-62 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 39
Q4 4:20 · MIN 124-85 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses technical free throw
Q3 7:16 · MIN 83-60 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ramon Sessions flagrant foul type 1 (Sebastian Telfair draws the foul)
Q4 3:15 · MIN 119-85 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 18 | Threes made | 5 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
