⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 7
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
- Steal
Martell Webster stole it from Eric Bledsoe
Q4 1:17 · MIN 82-90 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:00 · MIN 4-12 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 7:03 · MIN 52-66 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan non-unsportsmanlike technical (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:15 · MIN 39-37 LAC
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:39 · MIN 76-89 LAC
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe lost ball
Q4 1:17 · MIN 82-90 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
