⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 6:56 · TOR 42-46 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 10:40 · TOR 72-62 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:25 · TOR 5-11 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 2:57 · TOR 18-30 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Nowell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:22 · TOR 25-40 MIN
- Technical
Anthony Edwards technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:52 · TOR 71-62 MIN
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 32 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
