⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40
- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 9:28 · GS 105-90 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:23 · GS 86-80 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 7:51 · GS 105-100 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
