⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 24 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 7:27 · SA 53-57 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 3:45 · SA 61-73 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 0:00 · SA 68-87 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 0:58 · SA 91-121 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 13 | Threes made | 24 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 42 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
