⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
- A 17-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 23 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q1 0:20 · MIN 33-47 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 10:36 · MIN 98-114 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:11 · MIN 108-118 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wendell Moore Jr. misses technical free throw
Q4 0:27 · MIN 114-137 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:20 · MIN 15-23 GS
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 23
Q1 5:56 · MIN 17-40 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 5:05 · MIN 108-127 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:19 · MIN 113-134 GS
- Technical
Stephen Curry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:27 · MIN 114-137 GS
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 14 | Threes made | 20 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 36 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
