⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 7:35 · MIN 12-18 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 9:30 · MIN 45-61 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
