⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32
- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 7:41 · GS 39-36 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q2 1:08 · GS 64-50 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Curry lost ball turnover
Q4 3:20 · GS 102-94 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:33 · GS 22-22 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
