⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of nineteen from three- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 13
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins lost ball turnover
Q4 3:04 · SAC 99-93 MIN
- Turnover
Tyreke Evans bad pass
Q4 0:11 · SAC 101-98 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- Steal
Nikola Pekovic stole it from Tyreke Evans
Q4 0:11 · SAC 101-98 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Pekovic offensive foul (Tyreke Evans draws the foul)
Q4 2:09 · SAC 99-95 MIN
- Turnover
Nikola Pekovic turnover
Q4 2:09 · SAC 99-95 MIN
- Missed FT
Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · SAC 101-97 MIN
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 5% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
