⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 2 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 2:00 · MIN 36-32 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 10:13 · MIN 48-36 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 2:45 · MIN 124-111 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:13 · MIN 54-52 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 1 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Steals | 20 |
| 20 | Blocks | 22 |
