⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 2:49 · MIN 76-66 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
