⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 2
- Made ten threes to their eighteen
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 25-12 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:07 · MIN 103-96 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Taj Gibson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:37 · MIN 80-79 BKN
- Missed FT
Karl-Anthony Towns misses technical free throw
Q4 5:33 · MIN 105-99 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:06 · MIN 120-113 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:33 · MIN 105-99 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
