⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 0:49 · MIN 30-22 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 2:13 · MIN 68-62 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 5:43 · MIN 87-76 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Love technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:03 · MIN 40-40 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:56 · MIN 38-38 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Francisco Garcia misses technical free throw
Q2 2:03 · MIN 40-40 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
