⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:43 · SAC 72-71 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Terence Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:27 · SAC 90-93 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 10:56 · SAC 49-53 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 11:30 · SAC 105-107 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q4 5:39 · SAC 115-128 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Karl-Anthony Towns misses technical free throw
Q3 3:27 · SAC 90-93 MIN
- Technical
Naz Reid technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:22 · SAC 102-99 MIN
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 18 | Threes made | 18 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 34 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
