⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:06 · LAL 11-4 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 7:23 · LAL 71-51 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q2 3:53 · LAL 53-39 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
