⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-10 off them
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 22
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 3:06 · MIN 65-69 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 7:50 · MIN 53-66 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 11:00 · MIN 70-82 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
