⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 37-10 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 46
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Domantas Sabonis misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 6:07 · SAC 37-46 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 4:24 · SAC 45-60 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Julius Randle flagrant foul type 1
Q1 10:26 · SAC 6-2 MIN
- Flagrant
Naz Reid flagrant foul type 1
Q2 6:07 · SAC 37-46 MIN
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
