⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
A 17-0 run took them from 5 down to 12 up in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the fourth quarter
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
- Steal
Ricky Rubio stole it from Steve Nash
Q4 1:17 · MIN 109-114 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q4 3:05 · MIN 111-114 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
J.J. Barea technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 8:41 · MIN 88-98 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 5 down to 12 up
Q2 1:10 · MIN 51-63 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 1:17 · MIN 109-114 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MIN 113-117 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:03 · MIN 117-120 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
