⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 16
A 14-0 run took them from 11 down to 3 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 3:22 · NY 21-28 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 11 down to 3 up
Q2 0:41 · NY 60-57 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 3:54 · NY 82-77 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 1:19 · NY 82-87 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jeff Teague bad pass
Q4 1:41 · NY 99-105 MIN
- Missed FT
Nemanja Bjelica misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · NY 104-108 MIN
- Missed FT
Nemanja Bjelica misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:03 · NY 104-108 MIN
📊The numbers
| NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 0 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Steals | 14 |
| 27 | Blocks | 15 |
