⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 7:07 · DAL 50-42 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 2:52 · DAL 88-75 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 6:00 · DAL 104-95 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dorian Finney-Smith out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:16 · DAL 108-100 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4
Q3 6:08 · DAL 79-75 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q3 0:01 · DAL 88-87 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Nowell misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:11 · DAL 108-102 MIN
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
