“The little details allowed us to win today (Sunday).” Thus summed up Kyrie Irving, the leader of Dallas, the reasons for the victory against Minnesota (115-108). The small details of course, but above all his 35 points, to which we must obviously add the 34 of his friend Luka Doncic. “We knew we lacked height against Gobert and Towns, so we had to be as good as possible on the rebound,” Irving said. But in this area, the Mavericks could not prevent the domination of the Wolves (44-51).
The leader, on the other hand, stunned his opponent by signing two winning baskets in the money time, the first to return to 106-106 with 2’59 to play, the second, after having stolen the ball from Gobert, to take 3 points advances, 2’05 from the end of the match. It was ultimately a dunk from Derrick Jones, 24 seconds from the buzzer, which sealed the end of the match, a third consecutive victory for the Mavericks.
“Normally, we win these kinds of matches”
Minnesota coach Chris Finch
Dallas generally took the lead in this match between the 7th and the leader of the Western Conference. At the start of the 4th quarter, the locals had a nine-point lead (96-87). But the Wolves went on a 19-4 run that allowed them to take a 6-point lead with 3’45 to play. Which they were unable to keep until the end. “It was a really good game,” commented Minnesota coach Chris Finch. We were dominated, we came back, then passed in front. Normally, we win these kinds of matches, but today we didn’t succeed. We had some good times, but maybe we were too hasty at times. »
The best scorer of the match is among the Wolves: 36 points for Anthony Edwards (his 12th consecutive game with more than 20 points). Gobert mainly worked on rebounding with 17 shots, plus nine points and an assist, in 34 minutes. This third defeat in four matches for the Wolves does not prevent them from still being in the lead in the West (25v-10l).