⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 25
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 9:37 · GS 19-4 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:34 · GS 83-67 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 3:57 · GS 30-21 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 10:34 · GS 37-31 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
