⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 30-12 off them
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 dragged them back level
Q2 10:45 · MIN 40-40 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 10:07 · MIN 95-85 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 6:58 · MIN 105-88 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:30 · MIN 7-14 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
