⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. 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, 20 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 31
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 19-5 off them
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 8:22 · MIN 65-55 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 3:35 · MIN 81-67 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q4 11:05 · MIN 94-70 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:08 · MIN 30-33 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
