⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three
- Lost the glass, 25 rebounds to 39
- Beaten inside, 64 points in the paint to 86
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- Steal
Amen Thompson stole it from Anthony Edwards
Q4 0:25 · HOU 128-135 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:08 · HOU 127-132 MIN
- Turnover
Kevin Durant out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:43 · HOU 128-135 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards offensive foul
Q4 1:18 · HOU 127-132 MIN
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards offensive foul turnover
Q4 1:18 · HOU 127-132 MIN
- Turnover
Donte DiVincenzo out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:06 · HOU 130-136 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 25 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 86 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
