⏱️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 second 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
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 40
- A 21-0 run took them from 4 down to 17 up in the first 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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run took them from 4 down to 17 up
Q1 1:15 · MIN 21-38 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 1:54 · MIN 15-16 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
