⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 25
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 48
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
D'Angelo Russell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:15 · MIN 91-113 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q1 9:55 · MIN 6-16 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:39 · MIN 48-59 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 4:25 · MIN 93-125 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
