⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 42 from three
- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
- A 17-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 24
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 6:02 · MIN 22-18 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 7:00 · MIN 76-58 CHA
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 28
Q3 0:44 · MIN 99-71 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
