Biggest takeaways from Game 2 between Dallas and Minnesota

Copy Link

Email

Print

Reactions

A late one-point victory in a tight Western Conference finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves shouldn't come as a surprise. The Mavericks escaping Minnesota up 2-0 is another story.

Dallas rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to take Game 2 109-108 behind a brilliant step-back 3-pointer from Luka Doncic over center Rudy Gobert with three seconds remaining that silenced the home crowd. The Timberwolves had one final possession, but Naz Reid's 26-footer missed, and now the Mavericks will travel back to Dallas with a commanding 2-0 series lead.

"I can't move fast, but I can move faster than him," Doncic said of his shot over Gobert during…