⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 29 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:18 · MIN 44-52 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 7:31 · MIN 99-96 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 2:08 · MIN 99-104 CHI
- Turnover
Rudy Gobert out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:25 · MIN 101-106 CHI
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards lost ball turnover
Q4 1:00 · MIN 101-106 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 4:58 · MIN 15-24 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 8:02 · MIN 34-49 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 4:43 · MIN 99-106 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
