⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:30 · MIN 0-8 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 0:37 · MIN 53-74 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 4:13 · MIN 63-91 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · MIN 27-42 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
