⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 39 from three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 21-12 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 4:39 · MIN 79-77 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:35 · MIN 31-40 HOU
- Technical
Robert Covington technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:52 · MIN 39-51 HOU
- Technical
Jeff Teague technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:01 · MIN 39-55 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:56 · MIN 14-19 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q2 2:52 · MIN 39-51 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
