⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Made eleven threes to their eighteen
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:54 · MIN 13-3 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q1 2:48 · MIN 30-24 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 6:07 · MIN 17-18 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Schroder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:07 · MIN 48-40 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
