⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- They went cold, four of nineteen from three
- Ran them off the floor, 41 fast break points to 22
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 50
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 11:11 · GS 42-35 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 7:45 · GS 88-71 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
JaVale McGee flagrant foul type 1 (Gorgui Dieng draws the foul)
Q1 1:04 · GS 28-27 MIN
- Technical
Double technical foul - JaVale McGee and Gorgui Dieng
Q1 1:04 · GS 28-25 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 6:48 · GS 15-19 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 1:30 · GS 104-90 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 41 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
