⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- A 18-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 24 in the third 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jarred Vanderbilt flagrant foul type 1
Q2 1:34 · MIN 49-55 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 8:57 · MIN 42-50 CHA
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 24
Q3 8:31 · MIN 65-89 CHA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 35
Q4 11:06 · MIN 78-113 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordon Hayward misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 1:34 · MIN 49-55 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 33 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 14 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
