⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 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
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 12
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 7:07 · MIN 14-13 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 2:26 · MIN 106-82 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Patrick Beverley and George Hill
Q1 2:11 · MIN 24-20 MIL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Naz Reid and Bobby Portis
Q2 8:23 · MIN 45-36 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Serge Ibaka technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:11 · MIN 24-20 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 22 | Threes made | 19 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
