⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nine- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:25 · MIN 27-26 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
