⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-15 off them
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 58
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 10:02 · MIN 18-5 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyus Jones misses technical free throw
Q2 10:32 · MIN 39-42 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:41 · MIN 76-68 LAL
- Technical
D'Angelo Russell technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:05 · MIN 82-75 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
