⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:21 · MIL 39-52 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 4:53 · MIL 64-91 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 14 | Threes made | 21 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 35 | Assists | 34 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
