⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 from three
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 29-10 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 27 free throws to their 42
A 14-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 9 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q2 5:36 · WSH 68-44 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 7:28 · WSH 90-74 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 5:36 · WSH 139-111 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:03 · WSH 95-83 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 9
Q2 0:28 · WSH 77-68 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 15
Q4 2:22 · WSH 142-127 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
