⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 10:45 · DEN 48-55 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 2:46 · DEN 69-81 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenneth Faried technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:28 · DEN 32-35 MIN
- Technical
Double technical foul - Will Barton and Andrew Wiggins
Q4 2:34 · DEN 76-90 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 3:29 · DEN 18-31 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 1:32 · DEN 39-51 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Martin misses technical free throw
Q1 1:00 · DEN 16-24 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
