⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 29 from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
- A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 52
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 7:15 · MIN 16-13 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up
Q1 0:27 · MIN 20-33 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 3:37 · MIN 53-76 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 18 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
