⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 10
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
Ryan Hollins double technical foul
Q3 7:48 · MIN 40-50 DAL
- Technical
Ryan Hollins technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 4:50 · MIN 46-55 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 2:50 · MIN 50-69 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 12 |
