⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-11 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 38
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:16 · MIN 82-75 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
