⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 30 from three
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 0:00 · BKN 55-43 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 6:27 · BKN 90-85 MIN
- Winner
Spencer Dinwiddie hit a 11-foot two point shot
Q4 0:10 · BKN 98-97 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:16 · BKN 60-55 MIN
- Turnover
DeMarre Carroll steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:40 · BKN 96-94 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 5:32 · BKN 62-66 MIN
- Ties it
Tyus Jones hit a driving layup
Q4 1:22 · BKN 94-94 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Taj Gibson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:20 · BKN 94-89 MIN
- Turnover
Tyus Jones out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:58 · BKN 96-94 MIN
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 1 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 19 | Steals | 8 |
| 23 | Blocks | 12 |
