⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 20-10 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:26 · MIN 20-13 HOU
- Steal
Jose Juan Barea stole it from Goran Dragic
Q4 1:45 · MIN 98-91 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Juan Barea misses technical free throw
Q2 7:45 · MIN 41-31 HOU
- Turnover
Jose Juan Barea lost ball
Q4 3:30 · MIN 93-85 HOU
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:16 · MIN 98-91 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 8:23 · MIN 64-52 HOU
- Technical
Luis Scola technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:20 · MIN 65-56 HOU
- Turnover
Goran Dragic bad pass
Q4 1:45 · MIN 98-91 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
