⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 27 from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 10:04 · MIN 13-6 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:36 · MIN 33-28 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 6:29 · MIN 108-90 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
Q1 6:07 · MIN 14-11 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 2:29 · MIN 24-28 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 1:02 · MIN 54-56 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 8:54 · MIN 99-89 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 3 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 16 | Blocks | 18 |
