⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 25-13 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 10:32 · MIN 24-33 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Marko Jaric technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:11 · MIN 41-68 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q2 8:40 · MIN 24-46 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q3 3:31 · MIN 52-83 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 11 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
