⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 29
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 5
- A 20-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 29 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their five, and outscored them 21-7 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q2 7:03 · MIN 35-56 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 29
Q2 11:22 · MIN 27-56 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q3 5:46 · MIN 76-104 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 34 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 13 |