⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- A 16-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
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
- Technical
Justin Reed double technical foul
Q4 9:18 · MIN 72-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 6:24 · MIN 63-72 DAL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 22
Q3 2:31 · MIN 66-88 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
