⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- They went cold, eleven of 41 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
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 27-point deficit to 17
Q3 11:24 · MIN 62-79 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 11:42 · MIN 89-103 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:31 · MIN 29-38 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:02 · MIN 17-22 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 2:21 · MIN 25-33 NY
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q1 0:02 · MIN 29-48 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
