⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 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.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Channing Frye flagrant foul type 1
Q2 10:12 · LAL 30-32 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up
Q2 2:40 · LAL 60-61 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 10:29 · LAL 76-96 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 4:16 · LAL 89-110 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyus Jones misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 10:12 · LAL 30-32 MIN
- Missed FT
Tyus Jones misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q2 10:12 · LAL 30-32 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 2 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 20 | Steals | 5 |
| 21 | Blocks | 24 |
