⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- They went cold, two of eleven from three
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 58
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:57 · LAC 12-4 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:42 · LAC 61-59 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Love technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 4:54 · LAC 17-8 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
