⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 21
A 18-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 1 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:32 · MIN 12-6 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ricky Rubio misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MIN 123-119 BOS
- Missed FT
Ricky Rubio misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MIN 123-119 BOS
- Missed FT
Zach LaVine misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · MIN 123-122 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up
Q1 0:57 · MIN 31-32 BOS
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 1
Q4 3:14 · MIN 123-122 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 33 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
