⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen
- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eleven
- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 64
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 took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 8:10 · MIN 15-11 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:20 · MIN 24-13 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q1 0:28 · MIN 44-20 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 2:24 · MIN 114-100 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
