⏱️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, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their ten- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 50
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:01 · MIN 4-11 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 9:58 · MIN 33-40 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:32 · MIN 94-99 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
