⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38- A 16-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 37 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Darius Bazley flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:21 · OKC 73-93 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:23 · OKC 4-8 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q2 2:10 · OKC 54-73 MIN
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 37
Q4 9:23 · OKC 87-124 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 39 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
