⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, 21 of 36 from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 24-11 off them
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 62
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:52 · GS 17-14 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:50 · GS 33-29 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 10:39 · GS 69-64 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:49 · GS 0-8 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 11:16 · GS 97-91 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 21 | Threes made | 10 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
