⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, sixteen free throws to their six- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to six
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 10:04 · MIN 52-57 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mickael Gelabale traveling
Q4 4:22 · MIN 74-80 BKN
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko bad pass
Q4 0:29 · MIN 83-91 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 11:42 · MIN 0-9 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brook Lopez misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:51 · MIN 81-89 BKN
- Missed FT
Brook Lopez misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:51 · MIN 81-89 BKN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:05 · MIN 83-91 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
