⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 4:28 · DET 47-62 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 1:50 · DET 75-94 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 3:17 · DET 91-121 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
