⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 37 from three
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 64
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul
Q4 10:23 · MEM 85-100 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 7:36 · MEM 64-80 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 4:58 · MEM 104-126 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gobert technical foul
Q1 9:21 · MEM 7-8 MIN
- Technical
Donte DiVincenzo technical foul
Q4 8:51 · MEM 88-106 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 28 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
