⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 22-5 off them
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
- A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32 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.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 11:25 · MIN 9-3 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 2:03 · MIN 30-14 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32
Q3 9:17 · MIN 75-43 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kevin Garnett flagrant foul type 1 (Kevin Love draws the foul)
Q3 9:27 · MIN 62-43 BKN
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:27 · MIN 59-43 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 7 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
