⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 25 from three- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 23-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Wilcox technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 5:52 · DET 17-13 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:02 · DET 32-35 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:18 · DET 71-80 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
