⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seven- Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 42
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 22
- A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Made six threes to their seventeen
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up 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.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q1 11:04 · MIN 16-3 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 8:37 · MIN 49-29 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up
Q3 8:04 · MIN 61-68 LAC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up
Q3 0:32 · MIN 72-86 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 7:53 · MIN 76-96 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul George technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:42 · MIN 15-3 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
