⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAL 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 26-17 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 11:10 · MIN 89-66 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
