⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 30
- A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:02 · MIN 6-10 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 6:28 · MIN 37-54 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33
Q4 5:22 · MIN 81-114 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
