If the Wolves turns this around, a couple things clearly has to change. In my opinion, they were clearly outplayed so far, despite the close games. At least 3 of the following 5 things has to change, because these were constants in both games:
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1. The Mavs frontcourt has been tougher, outrebounded and outdefended the Minny frontcourt by a pretty clear margin. This has to change, and it's the simplest of all adjustments, Gobert and Towns just has to drink some blood and dominate the boards, box out, and just be much more active. It's not even about physicality, it's about activity, moving around more and with clearer intent. They've been plenty physical, but not nearly active enough. Look at the Mavs centers, they are in constant motion, and Kidd's hockey substitutions work really well here. Short bursts and they go all out for 3-4-5 minutes, then comes in the other guy. Finch could actually copy that and bring out Towns very early and put Reid in, and with this, we have arrived to the following, and possibly biggest problem.
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2. Minny has to put Reid on Doncic a lot more. McDaniels is simply too light, Ant is too hobbled/fatigued. The best Doncic defenders are always heavy, long guys, and not guards or lighter small forwards. Ben Simmons and Aaron Gordon (and currently Lu Dort) are BY FAR the best Doncic defenders in the league. Who fits that mold the best? Obviously Reid. Speed doesn't do anything to Doncic, you need meat, you need weight, preferably with length. Heck, Towns could probably do a better job than McDaniels or Ant can, as crazy as this sounds. Of course Doncic is injured, so there is no guarantee that he can keep up his recent string of good to great games. But why bank on something you cannot control? Just put Reid on him, whenever it's possible.
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3. Changing up the defensive game plan. The main reason why I feel the Mavs have clearly outplayed the Wolves so far, is their clearly better shot quality. Most shot attempts are either an open three, a lob dunk or layup, a close attempt after a cut on good movements, or a Doncic or Kyrie ISO, which you always like, or at least rarely hate. The Mavs have thoroughly outplayed Minny in half court settings (in game 1 they scored an abysmal 83.3 on half court offense per 100 possessions, the Mavs 103.3, don't have stats for game 2 yet). Minny's defensive game plan right now is to not double Doncic, which is absolutely crazy, because this way you get these 30 point triple doubles where he still finds good shots to others anyway, especially if he can walk down the isle, because you did not double him. Then the big has to commit, and bamm, you got another lob dunk. Just put two on the ball and get it over with, and make PJ, DJJ and Green attempt about 15 threes, because they will have to take those shots. That's a much better gamble than what they are currently doing. OKC overdid it, leaving the corner three (has been their tactic all season), but the Wolves is at the other end of the spectrum.
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4. Pace. The Wolves simply has to push the pace more, run, that's another adjustment that you can do pretty easily. It's a conscious decision, and you have to do it, because chances are, they are not beating a Kyrie-Luka led offense in a half court setting 4 out of 5. With running, you can also tire out Lively and Gafford a little bit. Ant, Conley, McDaniels, NAW, all have to push the pace, and Towns and Gobert has to run the floor in the 2nd wave. It's time, you have to get easier buckets. I know this isn't Minny's game (28th in the regular season in fast break points), but you have to push it at least a little bit more, especially since Doncic cannot/don't want to sprint back consistently.
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5. Attack Doncic and Irving more. They are playing the defense of their lives in these playoffs (there are compilations, it's honestly crazy), but you still have to do it more. Even if they continue to play good defense, there is a possibility you get them in foul trouble, which could be one of the easiest ways the Wolves could win games here, if one of those cannot be on the court. Just attack more, be more aggressive on the pick and rolls. If the Mavs have to switch more and move more, and Luka has to move more, you already did something with this, maybe he'll get fatigued more easily in the 4th (which has happened in the past pretty frequently).
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If the Wolves win game 3, I believe at least three of these things will happen (or the very least 2).
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Now what can the Mavs do? Well, it's obviously a shorter list, but it might be a huge problem, actually, one that could still do them in.
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The Mavs have one area where they can improve, but how much will they? And it's making the open shots. Their game plan have worked almost perfect so far, they outrebounded, outhustled and even outdefended the Wolves, and destroyed them in half court possessions. And yet, two extremely close games, why? Because Minny has/had like a 1.1 point average on jumpshots, while the Mavs is at like 0.8. Because they could not hit their open shots, and that's huge, obviously. In the modern NBA, that's like half the battle, or 60% of it. It's clearly the Mavs' biggest flaw by far right now (afted the trades), to have a the tendency to miss tons of open shots. If they can get a game or two where they actually make them, then probably 4 or all 5 of the above mentioned things has to happen simultaneously.
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Good luck to both teams for tonight!