⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 37 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:09 · MIN 19-17 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Edwards technical foul
Q1 3:57 · MIN 21-24 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 10:23 · MIN 39-47 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 35 | Assists | 17 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
