⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 30 from three
- Beaten inside, 50 points in the paint to 70
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 7:40 · MIN 17-12 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 11:28 · MIN 103-78 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 18 | Threes made | 6 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
