⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 28 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, 29 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 eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 17
Q4 5:57 · MIN 96-113 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 6:24 · MIN 39-43 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 10:58 · MIN 49-61 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 7:31 · MIN 54-73 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 1 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 6 |
| 22 | Blocks | 17 |
