⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 40- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 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.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q2 4:13 · MIN 63-45 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 6:19 · MIN 89-71 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:55 · MIN 12-17 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:15 · MIN 63-47 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 4 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Steals | 11 |
| 19 | Blocks | 24 |
