⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 17 points better 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, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 19-11 off them
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
- Turnover
Ricky Rubio bad pass
Q4 0:59 · MIN 96-98 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 0:46 · MIN 45-66 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 7:01 · MIN 90-97 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 10:45 · MIN 25-31 DAL
- Missed FT
Samuel Dalembert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:45 · MIN 94-97 DAL
- Turnover
Samuel Dalembert traveling
Q4 0:06 · MIN 98-100 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 33 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
