⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 19-2 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 34
- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q3 4:11 · DEN 58-80 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Aaron Gordon technical foul
Q3 5:03 · DEN 50-78 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q1 1:00 · DEN 20-39 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q3 5:03 · DEN 50-78 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 12 |
