⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 34 from three- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 4
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 0:54 · DET 35-31 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q4 5:47 · DET 112-117 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses technical free throw
Q2 1:23 · DET 63-59 MIN
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses technical free throw
Q3 9:40 · DET 69-69 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 10:22 · DET 2-11 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:40 · DET 67-67 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 4:54 · DET 85-90 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:03 · DET 60-57 MIN
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:23 · DET 63-59 MIN
- Technical
Anthony Edwards technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:40 · DET 69-69 MIN
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
