⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30
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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:17 · MIN 7-14 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:49 · MIN 24-35 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q2 8:41 · MIN 24-35 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
