⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 2:43 · MIN 68-52 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 1:02 · MIN 102-79 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Edwards misses technical free throw
Q1 8:44 · MIN 11-5 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:29 · MIN 92-79 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 10:09 · MIN 106-90 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Morris Sr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 11:14 · MIN 2-2 LAC
- Technical
Terance Mann technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 8:44 · MIN 11-5 LAC
- Technical
John Wall technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:46 · MIN 94-79 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
