⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 60
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 9:18 · DAL 46-53 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:35 · DAL 60-65 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · DAL 0-8 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:25 · DAL 31-45 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Gary Trent Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 11:02 · DAL 55-65 MIN
- Missed FT
Radoslav Nesterovic missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:48 · DAL 73-78 MIN
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 30 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 12 |
