Dallas Mavericks @ Minnesota Timberwolves

42-30, 21-15 Away

121

42-30, 21-15 Away

Final

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

Minnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolvesMIN

23-49, 13-23 Home

136

23-49, 13-23 Home

Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 3-foot two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes tip shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
Josh Okogie makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
Naz Reid makes tip shot
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
Juancho Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Naz Reid makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Naz Reid makes 4-foot two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
D'Angelo Russell makes three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Dwight Powell blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot driving layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses 34-foot three point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 10-foot two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels makes driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Kristaps Porzingis blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's two point shot
Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Juancho Hernangomez makes 1-foot layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Willie Cauley-Stein blocks D'Angelo Russell's two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Naz Reid makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 7-foot two point shot
Naz Reid makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dwight Powell blocks Anthony Edwards 's 8-foot driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kristaps Porzingis misses 16-foot two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes driving layup (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith misses layup
Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nicolo Melli misses 24-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Willie Cauley-Stein misses alley oop layup
Jalen Brunson makes 7-foot two point shot
Josh Richardson makes pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
Josh Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson makes driving layup (Dwight Powell assists)
Josh Okogie blocks Jalen Brunson 's 3-foot driving layup
Dwight Powell misses driving layup
Josh Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Green makes dunk (Josh Richardson assists)
Jalen Brunson makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic misses 17-foot jump bank shot
Kristaps Porzingis misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels blocks Josh Richardson's tip shot
Jalen Brunson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Josh Richardson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic makes 16-foot two point shot
Kristaps Porzingis misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Kristaps Porzingis makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Trey Burke assists)
Kristaps Porzingis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Trey Burke misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer
Trey Burke misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jalen Brunson misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Dorian Finney-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Richardson assists)
Jalen Brunson makes driving layup
Josh Richardson makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
Jalen Brunson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
Jalen Brunson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes two point shot (Jalen Brunson assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
Luka Doncic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards blocks Luka Doncic's driving layup
Kristaps Porzingis makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Kristaps Porzingis misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jalen Brunson misses driving floating jump shot
Kristaps Porzingis makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Josh Richardson assists)
Josh Richardson misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Jalen Brunson makes 35-foot three pointer
Josh Green makes two point shot (Nicolo Melli assists)
Josh Richardson misses 12-foot two point shot
Nicolo Melli misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Richardson misses driving layup
Josh Green misses tip shot
Jalen Brunson misses 7-foot two point shot
Josh Richardson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nicolo Melli assists)
Josh Richardson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Nicolo Melli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
Nicolo Melli misses 25-foot three point shot
Dwight Powell makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Josh Richardson assists)
Josh Richardson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Green misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Nicolo Melli makes tip shot
Nicolo Melli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Anthony Edwards blocks Jalen Brunson 's 3-foot two point shot
Trey Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Green makes two point shot
Josh Green misses three point jumper
Tyler Bey misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Trey Burke makes two point shot (Josh Green assists)
Nate Hinton misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Green makes layup (Boban Marjanovic assists)
Nate Hinton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tyler Bey misses dunk

MAVERICKS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		DAL	MIN
12:00	Dwight Powell vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Luka Doncic gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Kristaps Porzingis misses 16-foot two point shot	0	0
11:36	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	0	0
11:21	Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	0	3
11:12	Dorian Finney-Smith bad pass (Jarred Vanderbilt steals)	0	3
11:11	Kristaps Porzingis personal take foul	0	3
10:56	D'Angelo Russell misses 21-foot step back jumpshot	0	3
10:53	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	0	3
10:50	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)	2	3
10:39	Jaden McDaniels bad pass (Luka Doncic steals)	2	3
10:33	Dorian Finney-Smith makes driving layup (Kristaps Porzingis assists)	4	3
10:17	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	3
10:14	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	4	3
10:11	Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	3
10:08	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	4	3
10:04	Dorian Finney-Smith misses layup	4	3
10:02	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	4	3
9:49	Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	3
9:47	Kristaps Porzingis defensive rebound	4	3
9:37	Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)	6	3
9:30	Dwight Powell personal foul	6	3
9:20	Jaden McDaniels makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot	6	5
9:10	Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	5
9:08	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	6	5
8:49	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 3-foot two point shot	6	5
8:45	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	6	5
8:45	Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot	6	7
8:39	Luka Doncic misses 28-foot step back jumpshot	6	7
8:37	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	6	7
8:23	Anthony Edwards misses two point shot	6	7
8:21	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	6	7
8:08	Luka Doncic misses 24-foot step back jumpshot	6	7
8:05	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	6	7
7:58	Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	6	10
7:57	Mavericks Full timeout	6	10
7:35	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)	8	10
7:18	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	8	13
7:06	Dorian Finney-Smith bad pass (Jarred Vanderbilt steals)	8	13
7:04	Kristaps Porzingis shooting foul	8	13
7:04	Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 1 of 2	8	14
7:04	Nicolo Melli enters the game for Kristaps Porzingis	8	14
7:04	Jarred Vanderbilt misses free throw 2 of 2	8	14
7:02	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	8	14
6:59	D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper	8	14
6:57	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	8	14
6:34	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	14
6:31	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	8	14
6:19	Jaden McDaniels misses driving layup	8	14
6:15	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	8	14
6:15	Jaden McDaniels makes tip shot	8	16
6:00	Nicolo Melli misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	16
5:58	Mavericks offensive team rebound	8	16
5:58	Karl-Anthony Towns loose ball foul	8	16
5:51	Luka Doncic bad pass (Karl-Anthony Towns steals)	8	16
5:32	D'Angelo Russell misses 28-foot three point jumper	8	16
5:30	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	8	16
5:28	D'Angelo Russell out of bounds bad pass turnover	8	16
5:28	Jalen Brunson enters the game for Dwight Powell	8	16
5:28	Josh Richardson enters the game for Dorian Finney-Smith	8	16
5:28	Willie Cauley-Stein enters the game for Luka Doncic	8	16
5:12	Josh Richardson misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	8	16
5:10	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	8	16
5:02	Anthony Edwards makes driving layup	8	18
4:55	Anthony Edwards personal foul	8	18
4:55	Ricky Rubio enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	8	18
4:55	Juancho Hernangomez enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	8	18
4:47	Willie Cauley-Stein misses alley oop layup	8	18
4:45	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	8	18
4:39	Willie Cauley-Stein shooting foul	8	18
4:39	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	8	19
4:39	Josh Green enters the game for Tim Hardaway Jr.	8	19
4:39	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	8	20
4:24	Jalen Brunson makes 7-foot two point shot	10	20
4:24	Ricky Rubio shooting foul	10	20
4:24	Josh Okogie enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	10	20
4:24	Jalen Brunson makes free throw 1 of 1	11	20
4:10	Willie Cauley-Stein shooting foul	11	20
4:10	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	11	21
4:10	Dwight Powell enters the game for Willie Cauley-Stein	11	21
4:10	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	11	22
4:00	Josh Okogie personal foul	11	22
3:56	Josh Richardson makes pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)	13	22
3:31	Anthony Edwards misses two point shot	13	22
3:29	Josh Okogie offensive rebound	13	22
3:25	Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)	13	25
3:00	Juancho Hernangomez personal foul	13	25
3:00	Nicolo Melli makes free throw 1 of 2	14	25
3:00	Nicolo Melli makes free throw 2 of 2	15	25
2:47	Josh Okogie makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	15	27
2:36	Josh Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	27
2:34	Dwight Powell offensive rebound	15	27
2:31	Josh Richardson makes driving layup (Dwight Powell assists)	17	27
2:31	Timberwolves Full timeout	15	27
2:31	D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Anthony Edwards	17	27
2:31	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	17	27
2:17	D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup	17	27
2:13	Naz Reid offensive rebound	17	27
2:13	Naz Reid makes tip shot	17	29
2:00	Josh Okogie blocks Jalen Brunson 's 3-foot driving layup	17	29
1:59	Mavericks offensive team rebound	17	29
1:59	Kristaps Porzingis enters the game for Nicolo Melli	17	29
1:52	Dwight Powell misses driving layup	17	29
1:50	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	17	29
1:41	Kristaps Porzingis defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	17	29
1:41	D'Angelo Russell makes technical free throw	17	30
1:32	D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	17	32
1:17	Josh Green misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	32
1:15	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	17	32
1:04	Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	17	35
52.3	Josh Green makes dunk (Josh Richardson assists)	19	35
44.3	Luka Doncic enters the game for Josh Green	19	35
34.3	Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)	19	38
13.3	Jalen Brunson makes 20-foot pullup jump shot	21	38
6.3	Juancho Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	38
4.2	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	21	38
1.3	Juancho Hernangomez personal foul	21	38
1.3	Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2	21	38
1.3	Mavericks offensive team rebound	21	38
1.3	Dorian Finney-Smith enters the game for Dwight Powell	21	38
1.3	Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2	22	38
0.9	Juancho Hernangomez bad pass (Luka Doncic steals)	22	38
0.5	Luka Doncic misses 17-foot jump bank shot	22	38
0.1	Mavericks offensive team rebound	22	38
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	38

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
San Antonio	23	7	.767	-	W8
Houston	17	10	.630	4.5	L2
Memphis	14	16	.467	9	W1
Dallas	12	19	.387	11.5	W1
New Orleans	8	23	.258	15.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	26	5	.839	-	L2
Denver	21	8	.724	4	L1
Minnesota	20	10	.667	5.5	W3
Portland	12	18	.400	13.5	L2
Utah	10	19	.345	15	L4

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