⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their four- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 20-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 2:08 · BKN 17-19 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:28 · BKN 7-12 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 10:07 · BKN 71-85 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 10 |
