In the regular season, the Timberwolves ushered in a matchup with the Mavericks, and the game between the two sides was quite exciting and intense. In contrast, the Mavericks were more prepared for this game, they once took a double-digit lead, and the Timberwolves were once strong in the final quarter, counterattacking to narrow the point difference, but Doncic and Irving were more stable at critical moments, Irving took over the game with two consecutive three-pointers, and the Eastern European combination led the team to upset the Timberwolves. The first place in the West fell with a bang, the Eastern European combination 67+13, Edwards 36+10 difficult to savior.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the two sides quickly entered the state, the Mavericks played Doncic and Irving one after another, shot the Timberwolves inside and outside, and the star Edwards led the team to a stalemate with it, both sides were in excellent form in the first quarter, and the game was also very close. Although the Mavericks once pulled away from the score, but then after Towns hit a two-hit basket, Edwards countered with glasses and scored seven points in a row to tie the gap again. After the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Timberwolves by one point.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides were still deadlocked, but the Timberwolves were on their side. Plagued by fouls, Towns scored nine points and two rebounds in a single quarter, but had two fouls, which made him have three fouls in the half. On the Mavericks' side, Irving continued his hot form in the second quarter. He had 10 points and an assist on 1-of-2 shooting from 4-of-4 three-pointers, and had two blocks, and after the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves continued to maintain their lead on the court, and they won the quarter to the Timberwolves at the end of the three-and-a-half game, and they led by four points.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Timberwolves' Towns received his fourth foul and went off the break, while another insider. Gobert was also plagued by fouls in the third quarter, which also caused them to drop in height on the court for a long time, and most importantly, the interior defense was completely gone. In the face of this situation, Doncic was full of firepower in the third quarter, hitting three shots from beyond the three-point line, and also gained under the basket, contributing 13 points, two rebounds and three assists in a single quarter, leading the Mavericks to extend their lead again in the third quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves were already trailing by nine points.
After the start of the final quarter, the Timberwolves brought the twin towers back to the court, and the Timberwolves increased their defensive height and intensity, which also limited the Mavericks on the offensive end, and they seized the opportunity to play a wave of counterattacks to chase the trailing point difference to only 4 points. The Aviator singles, a successful mid-range hit stabilized the situation for the team, Edwards was in the middle of the three-pointer, and his score has come to a double-double of 30+10, and the score is now only two points away. The decisive moment has come, Towns scored consecutive points for the Timberwolves to complete the lead by 6 points, Powell scored 2+1, Irving hit 2 consecutive three-point shots, and the Mavericks overtook the score. In the end, it was the home victory that was held.
Doncic and Irving can be said to be on fire throughout the game, both of them maintained excellent touches, not only from outside the three-point line to the basket, but also gained, both of them cut 30+Under their leadership, this is also the key to the Mavericks' game, most of the time to take the lead, in the final quarter they helped the team withstand the pressure to defeat the opponent in the face of the Timberwolves' counterattack, and the two took over the game at the critical moment, and the two contributed a total of 67 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists in the whole game, and won the game in an upset.
On the Timberwolves side, Edwards performed efficiently in this game with 36 points and 10 rebounds, but Towns and Gobert were plagued by fouls, and their playing time was not much and their play was affected, which also made the team in a state of chasing points for a long time.