⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 27-15 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:15 · MIN 2-10 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 4:26 · MIN 12-24 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 0:27 · MIN 71-84 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
