⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 18-9 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 1:17 · MIN 35-24 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 2:47 · MIN 63-65 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q4 10:11 · MIN 71-83 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
