⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 41- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 23-12 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:57 · MIN 31-37 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 5:49 · MIN 61-68 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:25 · MIN 9-8 NO
- Technical
Chris Finch technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:23 · MIN 12-12 NO
- Technical
Double technical foul - Patrick Beverley and Jonas Valanciunas
Q2 5:45 · MIN 31-37 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q1 1:08 · MIN 19-32 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 5:45 · MIN 31-45 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q2 0:00 · MIN 43-64 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Garrett Temple misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MIN 98-106 NO
📊The numbers
| MIN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
