⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 8:00 · MEM 11-15 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 6:58 · MEM 90-102 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Desmond Bane and Naz Reid
Q3 7:37 · MEM 48-70 MIN
- Flagrant
Desmond Bane flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:37 · MEM 48-70 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 10:28 · MEM 3-15 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 6:49 · MEM 32-52 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 5:34 · MEM 90-110 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
