⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three- Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:19 · MIN 27-24 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 0:47 · MIN 106-112 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrew Wiggins lost ball turnover
Q4 3:18 · MIN 91-94 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 3:38 · MIN 93-101 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:14 · MIN 95-102 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
