⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 21
Q4 6:41 · IND 95-116 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:28 · IND 7-12 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 11:24 · IND 55-71 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 0:41 · IND 77-105 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 16 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
