⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight
- Burned in transition, 14 fast break points to 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 5:09 · SA 23-15 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 2:20 · SA 66-48 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 11:02 · SA 108-81 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 18
Q3 1:23 · SA 98-80 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
