⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 49
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 7
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 23
Q4 8:59 · MIN 83-106 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 1:30 · MIN 14-27 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 7:57 · MIN 29-45 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 6:52 · MIN 86-116 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
