⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:05 · SA 22-22 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jakob Poeltl misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 9:20 · SA 77-80 MIN
- Technical
Zach Collins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:52 · SA 88-91 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:01 · SA 32-42 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 3:25 · SA 99-112 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:36 · SA 47-54 MIN
- Flagrant
Karl-Anthony Towns flagrant foul type 1
Q3 9:20 · SA 77-80 MIN
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 33 | Assists | 28 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
