⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
David West lost ball turnover
Q4 4:31 · IND 90-90 MIN
- Turnover
Rodney Stuckey bad pass
Q4 2:16 · IND 94-97 MIN
- Turnover
David West offensive foul (Robbie Hummel draws the foul)
Q4 0:28 · IND 101-108 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:08 · IND 19-23 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 5:50 · IND 90-92 MIN
- Steal
Thaddeus Young stole it from Rodney Stuckey
Q4 2:16 · IND 94-97 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gorgui Dieng traveling
Q4 2:28 · IND 94-97 MIN
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
