⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 27-13 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Treveon Graham technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:31 · MIN 20-24 WSH
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:18 · MIN 39-48 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:29 · MIN 11-18 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 7:33 · MIN 84-89 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:30 · MIN 41-51 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 38 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 76 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
