⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 20-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:12 · NY 11-9 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 7:19 · NY 96-107 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:53 · NY 41-51 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
