⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first 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 sixteen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 11:16 · MIN 102-109 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Gorgui Dieng technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:13 · MIN 96-109 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:44 · MIN 9-17 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 3:30 · MIN 17-32 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:13 · MIN 96-109 HOU
- Turnover
James Harden lost ball turnover
Q4 4:05 · MIN 108-115 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 1 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 26 | Blocks | 26 |
