⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+4Q129-29
-1Q231-34
-15Q317-34
0Q423-21
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 31
Key battles
25Points off turnovers4
12Free throws made33
8Fast break points14
23Blocks14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 8:51 · SAC 12-17 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 12 |
| 23 | Blocks | 14 |
