⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 46- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaden McDaniels technical foul
Q3 8:15 · MIN 68-71 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:09 · MIN 82-96 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q4 3:48 · MIN 102-123 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 32 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
