⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 22-12 off them
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 11:33 · MIN 13-0 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 5:56 · MIN 76-58 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q2 8:46 · MIN 33-17 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:52 · MIN 62-55 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul
Q2 8:46 · MIN 33-17 GS
📊The numbers
| MIN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
