⏱️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 and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 38
- Made eight threes to their sixteen
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 32-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q1 0:41 · IND 23-29 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · IND 0-8 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 6:44 · IND 8-21 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 9:22 · IND 86-101 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
