⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 24- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q1 6:03 · WSH 18-35 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 8:51 · WSH 42-56 MIN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q3 6:45 · WSH 65-93 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
