⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the first quarter- Made four threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 10:15 · IND 46-58 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Myles Turner technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:41 · IND 35-42 MIN
- Flagrant
Lance Stephenson flagrant foul type 1
Q3 2:26 · IND 57-81 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q1 11:28 · IND 0-17 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:23 · IND 38-55 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 5:59 · IND 53-73 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 5 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Steals | 7 |
| 18 | Blocks | 20 |
