DALLAS – Entering the Western Conference finals against Dallas, the Timberwolves said there wasn't much they could glean from their four regular-season matchups against the Mavericks.
The Mavericks added two significant pieces at February's trade deadline in center Daniel Gafford and forward P.J. Washington, after the Wolves completed their season series with Dallas.
Also, guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving played together in only one game against the Wolves.
But perhaps they should have been paying closer attention to what happened in that game, because it foreshadowed — specifically against the duo of Doncic and Irving as they have fallen behind 3-0 in this playoff series — the Wolves' fatal flaw: late-game execution.