Timberwolves 136-121 Mavericks (17 May, 2021) Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

42-30, 21-15 away

121

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	22	38	35	26	121
MIN	38	38	37	23	136

Minnesota Timberwolves

23-49, 13-23 home

136

Dallas Mavericks

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	6-9	3-5	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	1	-14	15
24	5-7	2-3	3-3	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	-20	15
28	2-3	0-0	2-2	3	4	7	8	0	2	1	5	-12	6
26	6-10	4-5	2-2	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	2	-14	18
21	6-13	2-7	4-5	0	6	6	6	2	0	4	1	-15	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	3-6	2-5	2-2	2	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	+2	10
4	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0
4	0-0	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-1	3
9	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0
10	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+1	2
27	6-12	2-4	1-1	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	0	15
22	5-14	1-4	0-0	2	3	5	4	0	0	2	1	-2	11
17	4-8	0-2	0-1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	+2	8
4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
DNP-SORE RIGHT ACHILLES TENDON
	44-91	16-38	17-20	11	27	38	32	5	5	16	19		121
	48.4%	42.1%	85.0%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
J. Vanderbilt PF
J. McDaniels PF
K. Towns C
D. Russell PG
A. Edwards SG
bench
Hernangómez PF
J. Okogie SF
N. Reid C
R. Rubio PG
J. McLaughlin PG
J. Layman F
E. Davis C
J. Nowell SG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-6	0-1	1-2	5	7	12	1	3	0	0	1	+9	7
32	8-13	3-7	0-0	2	1	3	2	0	1	2	4	+15	19
31	6-12	1-4	10-11	2	7	9	5	2	0	1	6	+14	23
36	8-19	3-9	4-5	0	3	3	10	3	0	2	0	+13	23
38	10-21	5-9	5-5	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	+9	30
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	+7	2
21	2-4	1-3	1-2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	+1	6
17	7-7	3-3	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	3	+1	17
20	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	7	0	0	1	1	+8	2
11	3-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	-2	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	49-90	17-40	21-25	11	27	38	35	11	4	9	22		136
	54.4%	42.5%	84.0%

+/- 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

Target Center

2:00 AM, 17 May 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 1,638

Referees:
Brent Barnaky
Kevin Scott
Andy Nagy

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

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

Wolves stagger Nuggets again as Edwards, Towns spark Game 2 rout

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Ant, KAT lead Timberwolves' rout of Nuggets to take 2-0 series lead

Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns cook the Nuggets for a combined 54 points to lead the Timberwolves to a Game 2 victory.

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Dallas Mavericks

Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 2-1

Game Information

2023-24 Southwest Standings

2023-24 Northwest Standings

NBA News

Wolves stagger Nuggets again as Edwards, Towns spark Game 2 rout

Ant, KAT lead Timberwolves' rout of Nuggets to take 2-0 series lead

Edwards, Towns lead Wolves' 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion Nuggets