⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 9:06 · DET 46-58 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28
Q3 4:22 · DET 54-82 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
