⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 2:08 · CHA 56-48 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 9:54 · CHA 33-35 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 3:40 · CHA 72-83 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 31 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
