⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 1:16 · MIN 36-22 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 7:04 · MIN 84-64 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 7:24 · MIN 101-84 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 9 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 19 | Blocks | 21 |
