⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their seven- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 11
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
- Steal
Yogi Ferrell stole it from Jamal Crawford
Q4 0:31 · DAL 87-91 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford lost ball turnover
Q4 0:31 · DAL 87-91 MIN
- Turnover
Andrew Wiggins steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:03 · DAL 89-93 MIN
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 5 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 17 | Blocks | 13 |
