⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 29
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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 4:28 · MIN 56-75 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 10:48 · MIN 67-89 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 5:22 · MIN 80-102 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
