⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Beaten inside, 20 points in the paint to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Chris Singleton flagrant foul type 1 (Kevin Love draws the foul)
Q1 3:33 · WSH 8-10 MIN
- Technical
Trevor Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:35 · WSH 49-57 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 1:16 · WSH 17-22 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:00 · WSH 19-30 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q1 3:33 · WSH 8-10 MIN
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
