⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
+12Q135-25
-2Q231-34
+15Q328-21
-8Q412-16
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 21 from three- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 19-11 off them
Key battles
19Turnovers9
4Steals9
7Blocks3
57%Three-point accuracy35%
🏀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 7-point lead to 17
Q3 7:13 · MIN 85-68 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
