⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of fourteen from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 3:50 · DAL 92-80 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
DeSagana Diop technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:29 · DAL 14-14 MIN
- Missed FT
Jason Terry misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · DAL 95-89 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:37 · DAL 10-14 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Troy Hudson bad pass
Q4 4:37 · DAL 84-78 MIN
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
