⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 5 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 fourteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 20-11 off them
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to six
- A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up in the third 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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 4:16 · MIN 48-43 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up
Q3 4:58 · MIN 60-68 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q4 11:18 · MIN 63-79 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
