⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 0:44 · GS 51-56 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul
Q2 3:26 · GS 35-51 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 7:34 · GS 15-17 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 11:16 · GS 33-43 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 8:16 · GS 79-97 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses technical free throw
Q2 3:26 · GS 35-51 MIN
📊The numbers
| GS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 32 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
