⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 16-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:44 · MIL 50-56 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q4 2:47 · MIL 106-108 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:24 · MIL 10-18 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 11:37 · MIL 34-54 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
D'Angelo Russell out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:39 · MIL 102-108 MIN
- Missed FT
Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:15 · MIL 106-110 MIN
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · MIL 108-112 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
