⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 18
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 9:09 · MIN 38-39 LAL
- Steal
Mike Conley stole it from Austin Reaves
Q4 2:41 · MIN 100-95 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rudy Gobert flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:20 · MIN 71-67 LAL
- Turnover
Rudy Gobert bad pass
Q4 2:39 · MIN 100-95 LAL
- Missed FT
Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · MIN 107-106 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:13 · MIN 4-12 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:34 · MIN 29-39 LAL
- Steal
Jarred Vanderbilt stole it from Rudy Gobert
Q4 2:39 · MIN 100-95 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rui Hachimura technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:29 · MIN 16-19 LAL
- Turnover
Taurean Prince traveling
Q4 4:53 · MIN 94-90 LAL
- Turnover
Austin Reaves lost ball turnover
Q4 2:41 · MIN 100-95 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
