⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 35- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 24
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q2 5:18 · DAL 55-45 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 5:13 · DAL 106-104 MIN
- Lead
Jason Kidd hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:34 · DAL 105-104 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodrigue Beaubois misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 6:50 · DAL 92-102 MIN
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:51 · DAL 106-107 MIN
- Missed FT
Erick Dampier misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:29 · DAL 107-109 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 0:00 · DAL 61-64 MIN
- Go-ahead
Corey Brewer hit a 24-foot three jumper, Jonny Flynn with the assist
Q4 2:14 · DAL 106-107 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 1:07 · DAL 108-117 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:48 · DAL 98-104 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:15 · DAL 102-104 MIN
- Turnover
Corey Brewer bad pass
Q4 2:41 · DAL 104-104 MIN
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
