⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the first 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 23
Q4 10:04 · MIN 87-110 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 2:17 · MIN 105-129 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 11:34 · MIN 4-11 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 2:32 · MIN 21-41 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 7:00 · MIN 91-123 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
