Timberwolves top Mavericks 111-99 in NBA preseason opener in Abu Dhabi

— Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 points in 17 minutes, Naz Reid added 16 and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-99 in the first NBA preseason game of the year Thursday.
Oct 5, 2023, 07:49 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--DAL
100%
--MIN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Grant Williams blocks Rudy Gobert's dunk
  • Rudy Gobert misses layup
  • Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Olivier-Maxence Prosper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Grant Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Grant Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Powell misses layup
  • Luka Doncic makes driving dunk
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot layup (Shake Milton assists)
  • Josh Green makes driving layup
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • Shake Milton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Luka Doncic 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Maxi Kleber misses alley oop layup
  • Troy Brown Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Powell makes layup (Josh Green assists)
  • Seth Curry misses driving floating jump shot
  • Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shake Milton makes two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kyle Anderson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Shake Milton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kyle Anderson blocks Seth Curry 's 21-foot jumper
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
  • Maxi Kleber misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Rudy Gobert blocks Dereck Lively II's two point shot
  • Maxi Kleber makes driving layup
  • Naz Reid makes 5-foot two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Troy Brown Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Mike Conley makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Josh Green misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Naz Reid assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Troy Brown Jr. misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jumper
  • Grant Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point shot (Troy Brown Jr. assists)
  • Grant Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Naz Reid misses two point shot
  • Grant Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Olivier-Maxence Prosper 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses driving layup
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Jaden Hardy makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Jaden Hardy misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dwight Powell blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Kyrie Irving blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jaden Hardy 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Jaden Hardy 's 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes step back jumpshot
  • Dereck Lively II blocks Kyle Anderson 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dereck Lively II makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Troy Brown Jr. misses driving layup
  • Rudy Gobert misses two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kyle Anderson misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 32-foot three point shot
  • Jaden Hardy misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Josh Green makes pullup jump shot (Markieff Morris assists)
  • Mike Conley misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jaden Hardy makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Dwight Powell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Dante Exum misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Markieff Morris misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Rudy Gobert makes layup (Mike Conley assists)
  • Rudy Gobert blocks Josh Green 's 8-foot two point shot
  • Dante Exum misses 15-foot jumper
  • Josh Green makes 4-foot dunk (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Hardy makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Markieff Morris assists)
  • Markieff Morris makes 26-foot three point shot (Josh Green assists)
  • Shake Milton misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Naz Reid makes two point shot
  • Dante Exum makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
  • Markieff Morris blocks Naz Reid 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Markieff Morris misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels blocks Dante Exum 's 2-foot dunk
  • Rudy Gobert blocks A.J. Lawson 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Jaden Hardy makes 21-foot two point shot
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses driving layup
  • Richaun Holmes makes 7-foot hook shot (Dante Exum assists)
  • Richaun Holmes blocks Naz Reid 's 5-foot layup
  • A.J. Lawson misses three point jumper
  • Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Hardy misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Anderson makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • A.J. Lawson makes three point jumper (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Greg Brown III blocks Naz Reid's driving layup
  • Naz Reid makes two point shot
  • Shake Milton makes two point shot
  • Troy Brown Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Olivier-Maxence Prosper misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Jaden Hardy misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Naz Reid makes driving layup
  • A.J. Lawson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Greg Brown III misses 19-foot jumper
  • Shake Milton makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jordan Walker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Naz Reid misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Troy Brown Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
  • Jordan Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dante Exum assists)
  • Dexter Dennis misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luka Garza misses two point shot
  • Luka Garza misses layup
  • Josh Minott misses tip shot
  • Jordan Walker makes 26-foot three point shot (Dante Exum assists)
  • Luka Garza makes dunk (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
  • Jordan Walker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Garza makes layup
  • Leonard Miller blocks Greg Brown III 's 5-foot layup
  • Luka Garza blocks A.J. Lawson 's 22-foot three point jumper
  • Leonard Miller makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Minott assists)
  • Josh Minott misses layup
  • Luka Garza makes two point shot
  • Jordan Walker makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luka Garza makes 10-foot two point shot (Matt Ryan assists)
  • Jordan Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • A.J. Lawson misses two point shot
  • Wendell Moore Jr. makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Minott assists)
  • Matt Ryan misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dexter Dennis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walker assists)
  • Luka Garza makes 6-foot two point shot (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
  • Dexter Dennis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walker assists)
  • Luka Garza misses two point shot
  • Jordan Walker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Matt Ryan misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Dexter Dennis misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Garza misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Joe Wieskamp makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walker assists)
  • Leonard Miller misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Walker misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • A.J. Lawson makes two point shot
  • Luka Garza misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dexter Dennis misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Greg Brown III blocks Luka Garza 's 3-foot layup
  • Luka Garza makes two point shot
  • Josh Minott blocks Greg Brown III's layup
  • Leonard Miller misses two point shot
  • Wendell Moore Jr. misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Josh Minott misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Garza misses hook shot
  • Matt Ryan misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • A.J. Lawson misses driving layup
  • Leonard Miller makes two point shot (Josh Minott assists)
  • A.J. Lawson misses driving layup
  • A.J. Lawson makes tip shot
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