Post Game Thread: The Dallas Mavericks defeat The Minnesota Timberwolves 104-99
#Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves
Target Center- Minneapolis, MN
| Time Clock |
|---|
| Final |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 29 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 104 |
| MIN | 31 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 99 |
###Player Stats
Dallas Mavericks
| Player | MINS | PTS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | ORB | DRB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Hardaway Jr. | 35:58 | 21 | 6-13 | 4-10 | 5-7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Bullock | 34:33 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Wood | 27:07 | 12 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Dinwiddie | 41:07 | 19 | 6-13 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| L. Doncic | 37:03 | 25 | 8-16 | 1-5 | 8-9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Powell | 20:54 | 10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Walker | 20:08 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| F. Ntilikina | 10:51 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Bertans | 12:15 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| Player | MINS | PTS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | ORB | DRB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Edwards | 37:49 | 23 | 11-21 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -3 |
| J. McDaniels | 32:24 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| R. Gobert | 38:11 | 19 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| A. Rivers | 36:04 | 21 | 8-13 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 |
| D. Russell | 37:48 | 8 | 4-13 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 |
| J. Nowell | 26:11 | 4 | 2-12 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| N. Reid | 12:33 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -1 |
| B. Forbes | 14:17 | 6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 |
| W. Moore Jr. | 4:42 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 |
| ###Team Stats |
| Team | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | OREB | DREB | REB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 34-75 | 13-39 | 23-27 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 48 |
| MIN | 42-85 | 8-30 | 7-10 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 43 |
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Posted Dec 22, 2022, 3:19 AM UTC · edited
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Eh, their shots fell in the 4th and ours didn’t. Really all there is to it.
100 percent - wish we would have defended better when Luka was finding the open man in the corner on 4 straight possessions, wish reffing was more even, wish we hit a few of our open looks down the stretch, but I'm not mad about this loss. Happens. Learn from it. Lots to take from how naturally Ant played with Rudy back in!
Yep! Type of loss that you brush off, lots of correctable things instead of actual warning signs.
I mean, what can we learn from this lol. Shoot better? I guess all our guards just had an off night for shooting
Well for one I think there’s gotta be teach tape on the rotation behind the top-of-the-key Luka double that killed us. Just generally I think this is a game where the guys fought and played together, giving something to build on, whereas Wolves 10 games in was a corpse of a team with no bright spots.
I agree, and I said it another few comments but I think it's on Finch. We have the personnel, just need better line ups and rotations in my opinion
They had some wife open 3s. That killed us.
And so did we! Open 3s happen from time to time, it’s all about how you capitalize on them. We had been doing that a lot recently and didn’t tonight. Shooting variance happens to everyone.
I mean the 4 in a row they had. That was the turning point. Same as us switching and leaving Powell down low vs a guard several plays in a row. Those 2 runs off the same actions are just bad defense.
Agreed. Obviously isn’t wasn’t a great game but I don’t think it’s a loss you come out that sad about.
Couldn't say it better myself
Yep, not a bad loss at all, especially down multiple key guys. Not gonna beat an opponent back to back if your drastically behind in FTs and 3PM. Still, not a bad loss though, team looks much more on the same page and if Dlo and/or Jaylen played even a half decent game we probably win. It happens.
That, and a fatally timed lapse on defense. A missed rotation leading to an open three leads to two more treys in succession, and suddenly we’re in a hole. Really unfortunate: we were playing well on that end.
I wouldn’t call it a missed rotation, it was cheating to the low defense because of the two-high wall on Luka. He’s just good and sniped some passes to the open guy, and they all fell in the 4th. Happens.
Perhaps I should have called it a defensive miscommunication between Ant and Rudy, or at least that’s what it looked like to me judging from Rudy’s reaction. I could be wrong.
The sentiment about Mavs shots falling while ours didn’t really sums it up nicely; however, the shots they were finding, taking, and making being wide open shots doesn’t reflect well on our defense during the stint, regardless.