⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their six- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Crawford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:23 · MIN 34-28 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:57 · MIN 31-28 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 9:05 · MIN 34-40 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q4 7:40 · MIN 91-107 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 22 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 20 | Blocks | 23 |
