⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 31- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 24-6 off them
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 16
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 10:30 · MIN 57-63 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 11:44 · MIN 1-14 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q1 1:31 · MIN 16-33 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q3 2:10 · MIN 61-85 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
