⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their four
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 12-point lead to 22
Q3 1:11 · MIN 83-61 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 8:58 · MIN 65-51 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Sterling Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:22 · MIN 11-10 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 7 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Steals | 15 |
| 15 | Blocks | 21 |
