⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 25 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 3 down to 5 up
Q4 9:19 · MIN 88-83 LAC
- Lead
Mike Conley hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:52 · MIN 103-102 LAC
- Winner
Naz Reid hit a 22-foot three jumper, Anthony Edwards with the assist
Q4 0:13 · MIN 107-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rudy Gobert flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:31 · MIN 42-52 LAC
- Turnover
Jaden McDaniels bad pass
Q4 2:55 · MIN 102-95 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:31 · MIN 5-14 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 3:41 · MIN 102-102 LAC
- Ties it
Bogdan Bogdanovic hit a 10-foot step back jumper, Kris Dunn with the assist
Q4 0:31 · MIN 104-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 4:40 · MIN 98-91 LAC
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · MIN 102-95 LAC
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:05 · MIN 102-95 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
