⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of fourteen from three- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 33
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 1:31 · WSH 64-46 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dante Cunningham technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:15 · WSH 54-42 MIN
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
