⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- They went cold, eleven of 41 from three
- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 4:01 · MIN 74-86 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:28 · MIN 99-108 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Karl-Anthony Towns and Bobby Portis
Q3 4:41 · MIN 64-83 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 0:24 · MIN 26-40 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
