⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Will Bynum turnover
Q4 0:27 · DET 80-87 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 8:18 · DET 21-36 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 9:12 · DET 40-63 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Tolliver bad pass
Q4 0:50 · DET 78-85 MIN
- Missed FT
Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:45 · DET 78-85 MIN
- Missed FT
Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:45 · DET 78-85 MIN
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
