⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:25 · DEN 39-43 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 4:48 · DEN 93-110 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul
Q2 9:32 · DEN 28-39 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:06 · DEN 41-54 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 31 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
