Timberwolves 129-127 Mavericks (18 Dec, 2020) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

1-2, 1-0 away

129

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
MIN	37	24	22	31	15	129
DAL	33	35	30	16	13	127

Dallas Mavericks

2-1, 0-1 home

127

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
J. Layman F
J. Okogie SF
K. Towns C
R. Rubio PG
M. Beasley SG
bench
Hernangómez PF
J. Vanderbilt PF
J. McDaniels PF
Hollis-Jefferson SF
N. Reid C
J. Nowell SG
A. Edwards SG
J. Culver G
A. Hagans G
T. Cook F
E. Davis C
D. Russell PG
C. Brown Jr. G
A. Murkey G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-6	1-2	1-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	-3	8
18	3-5	2-3	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	-29	8
27	8-14	2-6	2-2	2	5	7	3	1	0	4	5	-8	20
23	3-5	0-2	1-3	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	2	-13	7
24	7-13	3-4	1-2	2	9	11	2	1	0	1	2	+7	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0
15	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	+4	0
9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	+6	0
12	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	+3	6
26	5-15	0-4	4-6	2	5	7	3	1	2	2	4	+10	14
17	5-6	1-2	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	+5	13
26	5-15	3-8	4-4	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	+6	17
27	5-12	2-3	6-6	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	+25	18
3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE SORENESS
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	46-98	14-36	23-29	12	43	55	27	7	10	15	30		129
	46.9%	38.9%	79.3%

Dallas Mavericks

starters
D. Finney-Smith PF
T. Hardaway Jr. SF
D. Powell C
L. Doncic PG
J. Richardson SG
bench
J. Johnson PF
M. Kleber PF
W. Iwundu F
D. Patterson F
T. Bey SF
B. Marjanovic C
W. Cauley-Stein C
T. Burke PG
J. Brunson PG
T. Terry PG
J. Green SG
C. Lee G
N. Hinton G
F. Gillespie SF
K. Porzingis C
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	5-7	3-3	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	2	1	0	+23	13
25	6-8	4-5	2-2	0	6	6	3	0	1	1	0	+14	18
20	3-8	1-3	1-1	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	2	+8	8
27	6-18	0-6	8-9	2	3	5	7	0	0	4	4	+21	20
27	5-8	3-5	0-0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	+21	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	4	0	1	2	3	-13	5
17	4-6	4-6	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	+5	14
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-10	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
10	0-3	0-1	4-4	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	-12	4
10	3-7	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	-10	6
6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	-6	2
17	3-5	1-3	2-2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	-6	9
15	1-9	1-3	2-2	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	-11	5
10	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	-12	2
19	1-5	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	-17	3
6	1-1	1-1	0-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	3
5	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT KNEE SURGERY
	42-99	20-44	23-25	8	37	45	28	1	8	14	25		127
	42.4%	45.5%	92.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 2-1

Timberwolves
122
Mavericks
127

Game 1

9/2

Mavericks
128
Timberwolves
108

Game 2

25/3

Mavericks
121
Timberwolves
136

Game 3

17/5

American Airlines Center

1:30 AM, 18 December 2020

Dallas, TX

Referees:
Eric Lewis
Jacyn Goble
Justin Van Duyne

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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