⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 40 from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 9:35 · MIN 37-26 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Naz Reid technical foul
Q3 2:27 · MIN 78-75 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Nurse technical foul
Q4 10:29 · MIN 92-84 PHI
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
