⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 24-7 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 41 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.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:32 · CHI 43-42 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 6:43 · CHI 64-79 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 41
Q4 3:26 · CHI 95-136 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
