Minnesota Timberwolves vs Dallas Mavericks

NBA Abu Dhabi Games, Preseason

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Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mavericks DAL	19	30	25	25	99
Timberwolves MIN	37	29	21	24	111

Minnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolvesMIN

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111

1-0

Shot Made

Shot Missed

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
Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
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)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 1
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
Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
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
Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
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
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
Shake Milton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
Dwight Powell misses free throw 2 of 2
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
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Shake Milton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
Maxi Kleber misses 25-foot three point jumper
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
Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
Jaden Hardy misses free throw 1 of 2
Jaden Hardy makes free throw 2 of 2
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)
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
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 makes free throw 1 of 2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Luka Doncic makes step back jumpshot
Jaden Hardy makes free throw 1 of 2
Jaden Hardy misses free throw 2 of 2
Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
Dereck Lively II makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Kyle Anderson misses free throw 1 of 2
Kyle Anderson misses free throw 2 of 2
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 free throw 1 of 2
Markieff Morris misses free throw 2 of 2
Markieff Morris misses 22-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert makes layup (Mike Conley assists)
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 misses 26-foot three point shot
Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaden Hardy makes 21-foot two point shot
Jaden Hardy makes free throw 1 of 1
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving layup
Richaun Holmes makes 7-foot hook shot (Dante Exum assists)
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)
A.J. Lawson makes free throw 1 of 1
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Shake Milton makes two point shot
Jaden Hardy misses free throw 1 of 3
Jaden Hardy makes free throw 2 of 3
Jaden Hardy misses free throw 3 of 3
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
Olivier-Maxence Prosper makes free throw 1 of 2
Olivier-Maxence Prosper misses free throw 2 of 2
Naz Reid makes driving layup
Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 1
A.J. Lawson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
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)
A.J. Lawson misses free throw clear path 1 of 2
A.J. Lawson misses free throw clear path 2 of 2
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
Luka Garza misses free throw 1 of 1
Dante Exum makes free throw 1 of 2
Dante Exum makes free throw 2 of 2
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
Dexter Dennis misses free throw 1 of 2
Dexter Dennis makes free throw 2 of 2
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)
Wendell Moore Jr. makes technical free throw
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
Luka Garza makes two point shot
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
A.J. Lawson misses free throw 1 of 2
A.J. Lawson makes free throw 2 of 2
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

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		DAL	MIN
12:00	Dereck Lively II vs. Rudy Gobert (Karl-Anthony Towns gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)	0	3
11:25	Luka Doncic misses 27-foot step back jumpshot	0	3
11:21	Nickeil Alexander-Walker defensive rebound	0	3
11:16	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point shot	0	3
11:13	Olivier-Maxence Prosper defensive rebound	0	3
11:07	Kyrie Irving misses running pullup jump shot	0	3
11:05	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	0	3
10:50	Jaden McDaniels misses 12-foot two point shot	0	3
10:46	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	0	3
10:28	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	0	3
10:28	Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2	0	3
10:28	Mavericks offensive team rebound	0	3
10:28	Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2	1	3
10:04	Grant Williams blocks Rudy Gobert's dunk	1	3
10:04	Grant Williams vs. Rudy Gobert (Nickeil Alexander-Walker gains possession)	1	3
10:04	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	1	3
9:55	Rudy Gobert misses layup	1	3
9:52	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	1	3
9:52	Rudy Gobert makes tip shot	1	5
9:44	Kyrie Irving misses 16-foot step back jumpshot	1	5
9:41	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	1	5
9:29	Olivier-Maxence Prosper personal foul	1	5
9:22	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)	1	7
9:22	Dereck Lively II shooting foul	1	7
9:22	Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 1	1	7
9:20	Grant Williams defensive rebound	1	7
9:08	Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper	1	7
9:05	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	1	7
8:58	Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup	1	7
8:54	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	1	7
8:51	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	1	10
8:33	Olivier-Maxence Prosper misses 25-foot three point jumper	1	10
8:31	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	1	10
8:20	Dereck Lively II shooting foul	1	10
8:20	Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2	1	10
8:20	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	1	10
8:20	Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2	1	11
8:13	Nickeil Alexander-Walker kicked ball violation	1	11
8:13	Grant Williams bad pass	1	11
8:13	Grant Williams loose ball foul	1	11
8:08	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper	1	11
8:05	Dereck Lively II defensive rebound	1	11
7:49	Rudy Gobert shooting foul	1	11
7:49	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2	2	11
7:49	Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2	3	11
7:43	Grant Williams personal foul	3	11
7:43	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2	3	12
7:43	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2	3	13
7:25	Grant Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	13
7:22	Nickeil Alexander-Walker defensive rebound	3	13
7:18	Mike Conley makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)	3	16
7:05	Kyrie Irving misses driving layup	3	16
7:02	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	3	16
6:41	Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper	3	16
6:39	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	3	16
6:39	Timberwolves Full timeout	3	16
6:39	Dwight Powell enters the game for Dereck Lively II	3	16
6:30	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)	3	19
6:15	Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	19
6:13	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	3	19
6:05	Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup	3	19
6:02	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	3	19
5:53	Luka Doncic makes driving layup	5	19
5:34	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)	5	21
5:21	Grant Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	21
5:18	Luka Doncic offensive rebound	5	21
5:14	Dwight Powell misses layup	5	21
5:12	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	5	21
5:09	Seth Curry enters the game for Olivier-Maxence Prosper	5	22
5:09	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2	5	23
5:09	Luka Doncic personal foul	5	21
5:09	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2	5	22
5:09	Kyle Anderson enters the game for Mike Conley	5	22
5:09	Shake Milton enters the game for Rudy Gobert	5	22
5:09	Josh Green enters the game for Kyrie Irving	5	22
4:59	Luka Doncic makes driving dunk	7	23
4:44	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot layup (Shake Milton assists)	7	25
4:37	Josh Green makes driving layup	9	25
4:21	Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper	9	25
4:19	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	9	25
4:19	Seth Curry loose ball foul	9	25
4:19	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2	9	26
4:19	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	9	26
4:19	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2	9	27
4:05	Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point jumper	9	27
4:02	Nickeil Alexander-Walker defensive rebound	9	27
3:56	Naz Reid makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)	9	29
3:42	Luka Doncic makes driving layup	11	29
3:42	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	11	29
3:42	Troy Brown Jr. enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	11	29
3:42	Maxi Kleber enters the game for Grant Williams	11	29
3:42	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1	12	29
3:31	Shake Milton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)	12	32
3:19	Kyle Anderson shooting foul	12	32
3:19	Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2	13	32
3:19	Dwight Powell misses free throw 2 of 2	13	32
3:15	Seth Curry offensive rebound	13	32
3:08	Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Luka Doncic 's 4-foot driving layup	13	32
3:08	Mavericks offensive team rebound	13	32
3:06	Maxi Kleber misses alley oop layup	13	32
3:03	Shake Milton defensive rebound	13	32
2:42	Troy Brown Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper	13	32
2:39	Seth Curry defensive rebound	13	32
2:25	Dwight Powell makes layup (Josh Green assists)	15	32
2:13	Kyle Anderson out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	32
2:13	Mavericks Full timeout	15	32
2:13	Rudy Gobert enters the game for Nickeil Alexander-Walker	15	32
2:02	Seth Curry misses driving floating jump shot	15	32
2:00	Troy Brown Jr. defensive rebound	15	32
1:38	Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper	15	32
1:36	Mavericks defensive team rebound	15	32
1:27	Josh Green misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	32
1:24	Shake Milton defensive rebound	15	32
1:19	Shake Milton makes two point shot	15	34
1:00	Luka Doncic makes 14-foot step back jumpshot	17	34
44.0	Kyle Anderson misses driving floating jump shot	17	34
42.0	Josh Green defensive rebound	17	34
34.2	Kyle Anderson shooting foul	17	34
34.2	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2	18	34
34.2	Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2	19	34
18.0	Shake Milton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)	19	37
5.1	Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	19	37
3.1	Maxi Kleber offensive rebound	19	37
1.0	Kyle Anderson blocks Seth Curry 's 21-foot jumper	19	37
0.0	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	19	37
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	37

Matchups

DAL

MIN wins season

3-1

MIN

101

Game 1•@ DAL

Final

119

110

Game 2•@ MIN

Final

118

115

Game 3•@ DAL

Final

108

Game 4•@ MIN

Final

121

Game Information

Abu Dhabi

Referee:Sean Wright

Referee:Kevin Cutler

Referee:Ashley Moyer-Gleich

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	35	16	.686	-	W3
Houston	31	19	.620	3.5	L2
Memphis	20	29	.408	14	W2
Dallas	19	32	.373	16	L6
New Orleans	13	40	.245	23	L3

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	40	12	.769	-	L1
Denver	33	19	.635	7	L3
Minnesota	32	20	.615	8	W1
Portland	23	28	.451	16.5	L6
Utah	16	36	.308	24	L1

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