Mavericks 128-108 Timberwolves (25 Mar, 2021) Play-by-Play

Dallas Mavericks

23-19, 12-10 away

128

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	30	26	32	40	128
MIN	33	22	18	35	108

Minnesota Timberwolves

10-34, 5-16 home

108

Ricky Rubio makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer
Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 10-foot step back jumpshot
Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot hook shot
Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jake Layman assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes finger roll layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 15-foot jumper
Jake Layman makes two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
Juancho Hernangomez misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels misses 7-foot two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes layup
Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot jumper
Jake Layman makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Culver misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 17-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kristaps Porzingis blocks Jarrett Culver 's 2-foot driving layup
Juancho Hernangomez makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Juancho Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot hook shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Luka Doncic blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's layup
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kristaps Porzingis blocks Anthony Edwards 's 5-foot driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Ricky Rubio misses 6-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels misses pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses 12-foot jumper
Juancho Hernangomez misses 29-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes layup (Jake Layman assists)
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell blocks Anthony Edwards's driving layup
Juancho Hernangomez misses three point jumper
Maxi Kleber blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's layup
Jaden McDaniels misses three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
Juancho Hernangomez makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Juancho Hernangomez makes 22-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Juancho Hernangomez makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 2-foot dunk
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
Juancho Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Josh Richardson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
Kristaps Porzingis misses three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels blocks Luka Doncic 's 6-foot driving layup
Luka Doncic misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kristaps Porzingis misses 2-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic misses driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes 10-foot two point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
Kristaps Porzingis makes 1-foot two point shot (Josh Richardson assists)
Jalen Brunson makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
Kristaps Porzingis misses 28-foot three point jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jalen Brunson misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Kristaps Porzingis makes driving layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Kristaps Porzingis makes dunk
Jake Layman blocks Kristaps Porzingis 's 3-foot driving layup
Maxi Kleber makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Jalen Brunson misses 19-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Maxi Kleber makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Jalen Brunson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jalen Brunson makes layup
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 17-foot jump bank shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Luka Doncic misses two point shot
Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell misses two point shot
Dwight Powell misses two point shot
Maxi Kleber misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Dwight Powell makes layup
Trey Burke misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jalen Brunson misses driving floating jump shot
Trey Burke misses three point jumper
Kristaps Porzingis misses 14-foot jumper
Jalen Brunson misses driving layup
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot three pointer
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes tip shot
Kristaps Porzingis misses 28-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic makes 9-foot two point shot
Kristaps Porzingis misses alley oop layup
Luka Doncic makes driving floating jump shot
Josh Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kristaps Porzingis misses 15-foot jumper
Josh Richardson misses 15-foot jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 2-foot tip shot
Kristaps Porzingis makes 30-foot three point jumper (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
Kristaps Porzingis makes jumper (Josh Richardson assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Kristaps Porzingis misses 6-foot jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith makes tip shot
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Maxi Kleber misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic makes layup (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
Kristaps Porzingis misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kristaps Porzingis makes 8-foot jumper
Kristaps Porzingis misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith makes two point shot
Kristaps Porzingis makes alley oop dunk shot (Josh Richardson assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 28-foot three pointer (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
Jalen Brunson makes driving layup
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jalen Brunson makes driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Kristaps Porzingis misses 56-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses jumper
Dwight Powell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jalen Brunson makes driving floating jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
Josh Richardson makes 8-foot jumper
Jalen Brunson makes driving layup
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Dwight Powell makes layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses three point pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Dwight Powell makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving layup
Jalen Brunson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Luka Doncic makes driving floating jump shot
Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three pointer
Luka Doncic makes 27-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Maxi Kleber misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell makes tip shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes driving layup (Dwight Powell assists)
Dwight Powell makes layup (Trey Burke assists)
Tyler Bey makes alley oop dunk shot (Trey Burke assists)
Dwight Powell makes 3-foot two point shot (Nate Hinton assists)

MAVERICKS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		DAL	MIN
12:00	Kristaps Porzingis vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Jarred Vanderbilt gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Ricky Rubio makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	0	3
11:30	Josh Richardson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kristaps Porzingis assists)	3	3
11:13	Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer	3	6
10:58	Kristaps Porzingis misses three point jumper	3	6
10:56	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	3	6
10:48	Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot step back jumpshot	3	6
10:45	Kristaps Porzingis defensive rebound	3	6
10:39	Jaden McDaniels blocks Luka Doncic 's 6-foot driving layup	3	6
10:36	Luka Doncic vs. Jaden McDaniels (Kristaps Porzingis gains possession)	3	6
10:36	Mavericks offensive team rebound	3	6
10:30	Luka Doncic misses 27-foot step back jumpshot	3	6
10:28	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	3	6
10:16	Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup	3	6
10:15	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	3	6
10:15	Jaden McDaniels makes dunk	3	8
10:05	Luka Doncic out of bounds bad pass turnover	3	8
9:57	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper	3	8
9:52	Maxi Kleber defensive rebound	3	8
9:39	Josh Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	8
9:39	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	3	8
9:28	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	3	11
9:27	Mavericks Full timeout	3	11
9:11	Kristaps Porzingis misses 2-foot two point shot	3	11
9:09	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	3	11
9:07	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)	3	13
8:47	Luka Doncic lost ball turnover (Ricky Rubio steals)	3	13
8:46	Josh Richardson clear path foul	3	13
8:46	Anthony Edwards makes free throw clear path 1 of 2	3	14
8:46	Anthony Edwards misses free throw clear path 2 of 2	3	14
8:46	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	3	14
8:34	Anthony Edwards makes 10-foot step back jumpshot	3	16
8:24	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	3	16
8:16	Luka Doncic misses driving layup	3	16
8:15	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	3	16
8:15	Luka Doncic personal foul	3	16
8:00	Ricky Rubio misses two point shot	3	16
7:59	Mavericks defensive team rebound	3	16
7:44	Kristaps Porzingis makes 10-foot two point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)	5	16
7:37	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive foul	5	16
7:37	Karl-Anthony Towns turnover	5	16
7:22	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	5	16
7:22	Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 1 of 2	6	16
7:22	Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 2 of 2	7	16
7:08	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot two point shot	7	16
7:06	Kristaps Porzingis defensive rebound	7	16
6:57	Kristaps Porzingis makes 1-foot two point shot (Josh Richardson assists)	9	16
6:46	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	16
6:44	Josh Richardson defensive rebound	9	16
6:38	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	9	16
6:38	Josh Richardson makes free throw 1 of 2	10	16
6:38	Jalen Brunson enters the game for Luka Doncic	10	16
6:38	Tim Hardaway Jr. enters the game for Maxi Kleber	10	16
6:38	Josh Richardson makes free throw 2 of 2	11	16
6:25	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	11	18
6:10	Jalen Brunson makes 18-foot step back jumpshot	13	18
5:57	Ricky Rubio misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	18
5:54	Kristaps Porzingis defensive rebound	13	18
5:48	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	13	18
5:48	Dorian Finney-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	14	18
5:48	Jake Layman enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	14	18
5:48	Juancho Hernangomez enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	14	18
5:48	Dorian Finney-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	15	18
5:32	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot hook shot	15	18
5:31	Josh Richardson defensive rebound	15	18
5:25	Kristaps Porzingis misses 28-foot three point jumper	15	18
5:22	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	15	18
5:09	Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper	15	18
5:07	Jalen Brunson defensive rebound	15	18
5:07	Jake Layman shooting foul	15	18
5:07	Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 1 of 2	16	18
5:07	Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 2 of 2	17	18
4:57	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	17	21
4:46	Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper	17	21
4:43	Juancho Hernangomez defensive rebound	17	21
4:35	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jake Layman assists)	17	23
4:17	Jalen Brunson misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	17	23
4:14	Jake Layman defensive rebound	17	23
4:01	Jalen Brunson personal foul	17	23
4:01	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Ricky Rubio	17	23
4:01	Timberwolves Full timeout	17	23
3:49	Karl-Anthony Towns makes finger roll layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)	17	25
3:31	Kristaps Porzingis makes driving layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)	19	25
3:23	Jaylen Nowell bad pass (Kristaps Porzingis steals)	19	25
3:20	Kristaps Porzingis makes dunk	21	25
3:03	Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	21	28
2:51	Jake Layman blocks Kristaps Porzingis 's 3-foot driving layup	21	28
2:51	Jarrett Culver enters the game for Anthony Edwards	21	28
2:51	Luka Doncic enters the game for Josh Richardson	21	28
2:51	Maxi Kleber enters the game for Dorian Finney-Smith	21	28
2:51	Mavericks offensive team rebound	21	28
2:44	Kristaps Porzingis vs. Jake Layman (Tim Hardaway Jr. gains possession)	21	28
2:39	Maxi Kleber makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)	24	28
2:20	Maxi Kleber shooting foul	24	28
2:20	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	24	29
2:20	Dwight Powell enters the game for Kristaps Porzingis	24	29
2:20	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	24	30
2:13	Jaylen Nowell personal foul	24	30
2:13	Jalen Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2	24	30
2:13	Mavericks offensive team rebound	24	30
2:13	Jalen Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2	25	30
2:01	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 15-foot jumper	25	30
1:59	Maxi Kleber defensive rebound	25	30
1:40	Jalen Brunson misses 19-foot two point shot	25	30
1:37	Juancho Hernangomez defensive rebound	25	30
1:28	Jake Layman makes two point shot	25	32
1:08	Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	32
1:06	Jalen Brunson offensive rebound	25	32
1:05	Maxi Kleber makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)	28	32
45.4	Jake Layman out of bounds lost ball turnover	28	32
29.2	Luka Doncic lost ball turnover (Jaylen Nowell steals)	28	32
26.3	Tim Hardaway Jr. shooting foul	28	32
26.3	Jarrett Culver misses free throw 1 of 2	28	32
26.3	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	28	32
26.3	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	28	32
26.3	Jarrett Culver makes free throw 2 of 2	28	33
10.9	Jalen Brunson misses 24-foot three point jumper	28	33
8.1	Naz Reid defensive rebound	28	33
5.4	Naz Reid lost ball turnover (Jalen Brunson steals)	28	33
2.5	Jalen Brunson makes layup	30	33
0.0	Jaylen Nowell misses three point jumper	30	33
0.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	30	33
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	30	33

Regular Season Series

DAL leads 2-0

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

12:00 AM, 25 March 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Gediminas Petraitis
Danielle Scott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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