⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 38 from three
- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
- Beaten inside, 52 points in the paint to 68
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 10:37 · NO 40-39 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 5:18 · NO 56-55 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeremiah Fears technical foul
Q2 1:50 · NO 56-58 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 9:14 · NO 40-50 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q4 10:59 · NO 91-103 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
