⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses technical free throw
Q1 5:30 · MIN 15-14 DAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Luka Doncic and Taurean Prince
Q3 0:00 · MIN 89-67 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
