⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 39
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 34-16 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
JaVale McGee flagrant foul type 1
Q4 5:35 · LAL 94-102 MIN
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:12 · LAL 99-113 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:45 · LAL 4-11 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 9:17 · LAL 66-69 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 11:46 · LAL 82-96 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
