⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 10:38 · LAL 72-84 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul
Q2 9:45 · LAL 44-43 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 0:40 · LAL 64-84 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 0:39 · LAL 92-106 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 6:54 · LAL 100-120 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
