⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 38 from three
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 36
A 17-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 5 in the third quarter
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:14 · MIN 94-99 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 0:12 · MIN 30-48 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 6:03 · MIN 45-62 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 3:50 · MIN 53-71 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 34 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
