⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 42
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 34
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ryan Nembhard technical foul
Q1 5:59 · DAL 10-18 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 9:34 · DAL 8-15 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 6:54 · DAL 10-23 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 11:20 · DAL 73-102 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
