Game Story
Auto-generated talking points from the box and play-by-play.
Strongest signals
Highest-signal findings across every category — sorted by how strongly the data deviates from baseline.
- 01highTurnover outcomesOn MIN
MIN scored 25 pts off DAL's 15 turnovers (1.67 PPP allowed).
10 of 15 TOVs (67%) led to a make.
- 02medScoring chainsOn MIN
Gafford got 10 of his 18 pts via cuts (5 makes, 56%).
2 from putbacks (4 pts) · 2 from post-ups (4 pts)
- 03medScoring chainsOn MIN
Flagg got 8 of his 10 pts via cuts (4 makes, 80% up 66 pp from season avg 14%).
1 from drives (2 pts)
- 04medScoring chainsOn DAL
Randle got 8 of his 21 pts via drives (4 makes, 38%).
3 from catch-and-shoot (8 pts) · 1 from pull-up jumpers (3 pts)
- 05medScoring chainsOn DAL
Dosunmu got 10 of his 17 pts via drives (5 makes, 59% up 20 pp from season avg 39%).
1 from other actions (3 pts) · 1 from cuts (2 pts)
Quarter Flow
Per-quarter scoring and the running total.
Box by Period
FG · 3P · FT · REB · AST · TOV · paint points, per period. Bold marks the period edge.
| Stat | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | MIN | 14/24 58% | 9/21 43% | 14/22 64% | 14/29 48% | 51/96 53% |
| DAL | 8/24 33% | 9/21 43% | 8/22 36% | 6/22 27% | 31/89 35% | |
| 3P | MIN | 5/10 50% | 2/4 50% | 5/8 63% | 2/9 22% | 14/31 45% |
| DAL | 3/12 25% | 1/5 20% | 0/2 0% | 3/10 30% | 7/29 24% | |
| FT | MIN | 2/2 100% | 1/3 33% | 5/7 71% | — — | 8/12 67% |
| DAL | 4/5 80% | 4/4 100% | 9/13 69% | 8/12 67% | 25/34 74% | |
| REB | MIN | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| DAL | 13 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 53 | |
| AST | MIN | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| DAL | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| TOV | MIN | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| DAL | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | |
| Paint PTS | MIN | 16 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 68 |
| DAL | 8 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 42 |
Game Flow
Margin over time — DAL ahead above the line, MIN below. Shaded bands are unanswered runs of 8+; ticks on the line mark lead changes (1) and ties (0).
Rotations
Who was on the floor when. Hover over a stint for its minutes and the team's +/- while it lasted.
Play-by-Play
Every event, one period at a time. ▶ opens the NBA clip where one exists.
Player Box Score
Click a player for shots, quarter splits, and play-by-play.
| Player | MIN | PTS ↓ | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FG | 3P | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julius Randle MIN · Starter | 31:24 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9/14 | 3/4 | +26 |
Ayo Dosunmu MIN · Starter | 33:15 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8/13 | 1/2 | +30 |
Anthony Edwards MIN | 22:37 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7/13 | 2/3 | +29 |
Donte DiVincenzo MIN · Starter | 29:40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5/11 | 5/9 | +30 |
Rudy Gobert MIN · Starter | 28:16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6/8 | 0/0 | +27 |
Naz Reid MIN | 24:52 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5/14 | 2/6 | +2 |
Bones Hyland MIN | 23:24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5/10 | 1/5 | +9 |
Joan Beringer MIN | 4:57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3/3 | 0/0 | -2 |
Terrence Shannon Jr MIN | 4:57 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | -2 |
Jaylen Clark MIN | 4:29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | +1 |
Mike Conley MIN · Starter | 14:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | -4 |
Julian Phillips MIN | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Joe Ingles MIN | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Kyle Anderson MIN | 18:09 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | +4 |
Four Factors
Shooting, getting to the line, offensive rebounding, protecting the ball.
Efficiency
Where the points came from
Scoring channels — paint, transition, off mistakes, second chances.
| Channel | MIN | DAL | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the paint | 68 | 42 | MIN +26 |
| Fast break | 33 | 19 | MIN +14 |
| Off turnovers | 20 | 12 | MIN +8 |
| 2nd chance | 10 | 19 | DAL +9 |
Player tracking
Movement and shot-creation breakdown.
| Metric | MIN | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| Passes | 297 | 255 |
| Touches | 416 | 387 |
| Distance (mi) | 18.4 | 19.1 |
| Pull-up FG | 26/59 (44%) | 21/60 (35%) |
| Catch & Shoot FG | 25/37 (68%) | 10/29 (34%) |
Shot Chart
Both teams · shot-by-shot
How it ended
Shots, free throws and turnovers in the final 3:00 of Q4.
- 2:48MISSMIN116–86 · MIN +30MISS Clark 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
- 2:40MISSDAL116–86 · MIN +30MISS Johnson 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
- 2:32PTSDAL116–89 · MIN +27Poulakidas 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Powell 2 AST)
- 2:10MISSMIN116–89 · MIN +27MISS Shannon Jr. 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot
- 2:02MISSDAL116–89 · MIN +27MISS Smith 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
- 1:50PTSMIN118–89 · MIN +29Beringer Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Anderson 4 AST)
- 1:35MISSDAL118–89 · MIN +29MISS Poulakidas 29' 3PT Jump Shot
- 1:23MISSMIN118–89 · MIN +29MISS Conley 3PT Jump Shot
- 1:17PTSDAL118–92 · MIN +26Nembhard 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
- 1:06MISSMIN118–92 · MIN +26MISS Anderson 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
- 1:04PTSMIN120–92 · MIN +28Beringer 1' Putback Layup (6 PTS)
- 0:55MISSDAL120–92 · MIN +28MISS Poulakidas 28' 3PT Jump Shot
- 0:50TOVDAL120–92 · MIN +28Nembhard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T15); Shannon Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
- 0:47PTSMIN122–92 · MIN +30Shannon Jr. 1' Running Dunk (4 PTS)
- 0:42MISSDAL122–92 · MIN +30MISS Johnson 4' Driving Layup; Beringer BLOCK (1 BLK)
- 0:41PTSDAL122–94 · MIN +28Smith 1' Putback Layup (4 PTS)
- 0:25MISSMIN122–94 · MIN +28MISS Conley 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
- 0:22PTSMIN124–94 · MIN +30Clark 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
- 0:13MISSDAL124–94 · MIN +30MISS Nembhard 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot