⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 22-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 8:10 · WSH 89-102 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
