⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
+1Q118-17
-4Q220-24
+12Q331-19
+4Q422-18
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
18Assists8
14Fast break points7
11Offensive rebounds18
12Points off turnovers7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 11:04 · MIN 78-62 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 18 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
