⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 27-15 off them- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 9
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10 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.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 10:18 · MIN 66-50 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:49 · MIN 95-85 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 8 |
