⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 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
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 19-5 off them- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 53
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 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 10:34 · MIN 27-30 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q4 4:48 · MIN 74-96 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:58 · MIN 27-34 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 7:00 · MIN 30-44 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
