Mavericks 98 Timberwolves 75: Game 43 Recap

The Lead
Mavs take care of business, as Parsons' big second quarter leads to a road rout of lowly Minnesota.

Box Score

Leaders
Mavs
Points: Parsons, 22
Rebounds: Powell, 10
Assists: Barea, 10
+-: Barea, +19
Wolves
Points: Wiggins, 18
Rebounds: Young, 11
Assists: Young, 6
+-: Robinson, 0

Game Ball
Chandler Parsons
22 points, 9-13 FG, 4-6 3PT

X-Factor
Dwight Powell
6 points, 10 rebounds, 3-3 FG

Goat Horns
Mo Williams
5 points, 2-12 FG, 0-4 3PT

Play of the Game
Midway through the third quarter, Rajon Rondo unleashes one of his trademark pass fakes as he fools the entire Wolves team by faking the pass to Dirk, only to take it in to the basket for the uncontested layup.

Stat of the Game
The story of this game could be found the shooting numbers for each team. The Mavs shot 51% from the field and 41% on threes while Minnesota shot 35% from the field and 13% on threes.

Of Note

• The Mavs improved to 3013, good for 4th place in the West and only 1 game behind second place Portland.
• Chandler Parsons scored 13 of his game high 22 points in the second quarter, as the Mavs outscored the Wolves 35-17 for the period.
• Reigning Western Conference Player of the Week Mo Williams, who scored 52 points in a game last week, was held to 5 points on 2-12 shooting.
• All 13 Mavs who played put points on the board.
• Minnesota scored 21 points or less in every quarter.

Grades
Nowitzki: A
Parsons: A+
Chandler: A-
Ellis: C
Rondo: B
Powell: A
Harris: B+
Jefferson: B-
Barea: A
Aminu: A-

Quote of Note
"The world we're living in here in the West, this is advance citizenship. You've got to want it bad to win games every night. That's where we're at, and we've got to have a laser-like focus on that."
Rick Carlisle

They Tweeted It
 

rondo'd https://t.co/k8O4X19OXo
— Tim Cato (@tim_cato) January 22, 2015

Next Up
The Mavericks (30-13), make another brief stop home to take on the Chicago Bulls (27-16), Friday at 7:00.