⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 37 from three
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 36
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 21-8 off them
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 54
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:20 · MIN 67-62 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:00 · MIN 114-106 SAC
- Turnover
Jaden McDaniels steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:44 · MIN 114-108 SAC
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:04 · MIN 117-110 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Harrison Barnes misses technical free throw
Q4 2:13 · MIN 112-103 SAC
- Missed FT
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:09 · MIN 114-106 SAC
- Missed FT
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:09 · MIN 114-106 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
