Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks

Dec 21, 2021

FINAL

15-16MinnesotaT-wolves

102

15-15DallasMavericks

114

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	35	15	28	24	102
DAL	34	27	27	26	114

Game Recap

The Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves, 114-102. Jalen Brunson led the Mavericks with 28 points, along with six assists and three steals in the victory, while Karl-Anthony Towns tallied 26 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists for the Timberwolves in the losing effort. The Mavericks improve to 15-15 on the season, while the Timberwolves fall to 15-16.

Player Stats

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5Malik BeasleySF	35	8-15	6-12	0-0	3	2	0	0	4	3	-19	22
3Jaden McDanielsPF	39	4-8	0-3	3-3	8	3	2	0	0	4	-7	11
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	37	9-14	3-4	5-5	14	7	0	2	5	3	-15	26
0D'Angelo RussellSG	35	4-18	1-11	5-5	1	12	1	0	3	3	-12	14
9Leandro BolmaroPG	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	-7	0
4Jaylen Nowell	24	4-8	0-3	0-1	1	0	1	0	1	1	-3	8
10Jake Layman	8	1-3	0-2	1-1	0	0	0	0	1	2	-8	3
6Jordan McLaughlin	17	1-4	0-1	2-3	3	2	0	0	1	0	+1	4
11Naz Reid	17	4-6	3-4	0-0	3	0	0	2	1	2	+2	11
13Nathan Knight	12	1-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	1	0	3	+8	3
30Chris Silva	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Rayjon Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —
25McKinley Wright IV	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	36-7945.6%	13-4032.5%	17-2085.0%	39	26	4	5	17	22	-	102

MAVERICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0Sterling BrownSF	32	5-8	2-4	0-0	11	3	0	0	0	1	+19	12
10Dorian Finney-SmithPF	40	7-15	3-9	2-2	6	5	2	0	3	2	+22	19
7Dwight PowellC	21	4-7	1-1	6-6	8	2	0	0	1	1	+2	15
21Frank NtilikinaSG	32	2-7	1-3	0-0	2	4	1	0	2	3	+11	5
13Jalen BrunsonPG	40	10-18	3-8	5-8	2	6	3	1	2	3	+9	28
3Trey Burke	21	3-9	0-3	2-2	1	7	1	0	0	3	-3	8
1Theo Pinson	21	2-7	1-4	2-2	4	3	4	1	1	1	-8	7
9Moses Brown	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	4
JaQuori McLaughlin	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
35Marquese Chriss	16	3-5	0-2	0-0	8	0	0	1	0	3	+10	6
51Boban Marjanovic	7	4-8	0-0	2-3	2	0	0	0	1	2	-1	10
33Willie Cauley-Stein	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	42-8648.8%	11-3432.4%	19-2382.6%	44	30	11	3	10	22	-	114

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterMINDAL

(11:57) Jump Ball Powell vs. Towns: Tip to Russell
(11:50) Russell Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:50) Brunson STEAL (1 STL)
(11:49) Russell Personal Take Foul (P1.T1) (J.Butler)
(11:38) MISS S. Brown 3PT Jump Shot
(11:34) Powell REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:33) MISS Finney-Smith 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:29) Ntilikina REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:28) MISS Ntilikina Tip Layup Shot
(11:27) Russell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:12) Towns 1' Driving Dunk (2 PTS) (Russell 1 AST)
20
(10:55) Finney-Smith Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:55) McDaniels STEAL (1 STL)
(10:51) MISS Russell 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:49) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:48) Brunson Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(10:42) MISS Russell 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:37) Bolmaro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(10:32) MISS Russell 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:29) Finney-Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:21) Brunson 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (S. Brown 1 AST)
23
+3 (10:09) Towns 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Beasley 1 AST)
53
+3 (9:54) Powell 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
56
(9:39) Russell Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(9:39) Brunson STEAL (2 STL)
(9:34) MISS Ntilikina 3PT Jump Shot
(9:30) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:27) Towns Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(9:27) Brunson STEAL (3 STL)
(9:10) MISS Powell 1' Cutting Layup Shot
(9:08) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:00) Towns Cutting Dunk Shot (7 PTS) (Russell 2 AST)
76
(8:35) Towns S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Lewis)
+1 (8:35) Powell Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
77
+1 (8:35) Powell Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
78
+3 (8:18) Beasley 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Russell 3 AST)
108
(8:01) MISS Ntilikina 21' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:57) Powell REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+3 (7:55) S. Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Finney-Smith 1 AST)
1011
(7:42) MISS Russell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:38) S. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (7:29) Brunson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Burke 1 AST)
1014
+2 (7:10) McDaniels 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Russell 4 AST)
1214
(6:57) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(6:54) Powell REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
(6:44) MISS S. Brown 3PT Jump Shot
(6:40) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:27) MISS Beasley 3PT Jump Shot
(6:23) Bolmaro REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(6:13) MISS McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot
(6:11) MAVERICKS Rebound
(6:11) Bolmaro L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Butler)
(6:11) MAVERICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(5:47) MISS Finney-Smith 3' Driving Layup
(5:44) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (5:29) Beasley 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
1514
(5:15) MISS Burke 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:13) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(5:08) Beasley OFF.Foul (P1) (J.Butler)
(5:08) Beasley Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
+3 (4:51) Brunson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Pinson 1 AST)
1517
+2 (4:32) McDaniels 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS)
1717
+2 (4:26) M. Brown 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Burke 2 AST)
1719
(4:12) Burke P.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Lewis)
+2 (4:04) Towns 2' Driving Layup (9 PTS) (McDaniels 1 AST)
1919
(4:04) Brunson S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Butler)
+1 (4:04) Towns Free Throw 1 of 1 (10 PTS)
2019
(3:51) Nowell P.FOUL (P1.T4) (K.Lane)
+2 (3:39) M. Brown 3' Dunk (4 PTS) (Ntilikina 1 AST)
2021
+2 (3:13) Nowell 19' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Beasley 2 AST)
2221
+2 (2:56) Burke 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2223
(2:44) M. Brown P.FOUL (P1.T3) (K.Lane)
(2:44) Timberwolves Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:36) M. Brown S.FOUL (P2.T4) (E.Lewis)
+1 (2:36) McLaughlin Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2323
(2:36) MISS McLaughlin Free Throw 2 of 2
(2:33) Chriss REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:22) Layman P.FOUL (P1.PN) (E.Lewis)
+1 (2:22) Burke Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2324
+1 (2:22) Burke Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2325
+2 (2:15) McLaughlin 1' Cutting Layup Shot (3 PTS) (Russell 5 AST)
2525
(2:15) Burke S.FOUL (P2.PN) (E.Lewis)
+1 (2:15) McLaughlin Free Throw 1 of 1 (4 PTS)
2625
+3 (2:04) Pinson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Burke 3 AST)
2628
(1:54) Chriss P.FOUL (P1.PN) (K.Lane)
+1 (1:54) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
2728
+1 (1:54) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
2828
(1:43) MISS Burke 3' Driving Layup
(1:39) Chriss REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (1:39) Chriss Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
2830
+2 (1:29) Russell 3' Layup (2 PTS)
3030
+2 (1:21) Burke 4' Layup (6 PTS)
3032
+2 (1:07) Russell 20' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS)
3232
(0:57) MISS Pinson 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:54) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+2 (0:49) Layman Alley Oop Layup (2 PTS) (McLaughlin 1 AST)
3432
(0:49) McLaughlin S.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.Butler)
+1 (0:49) Layman Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
3532
+2 (0:25) Chriss 22' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Pinson 2 AST)
3534
(0:03) MISS Russell 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:01) MAVERICKS Rebound
(0:00) MISS Chriss 42' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) MAVERICKS Rebound

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

MIN

DAL

102Points114

36-79(45.6%)Field Goal(%)42-86(48.8%)

13-40(32.5%)3-Point(%)11-34(32.4%)

17-20(85.0%)Free Throw(%)19-23(82.6%)

39(9)Rebounds(Offensive)44(10)

26Assists30

4Steals11

5Blocks3

17Turnovers10

22Fouls22

40Pts In The Paint50

12Fast Break Pts11

17Pts Off Turnovers19

29Bench Pts35

3Largest Lead17

Game Details

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 · 8:30 PM

American Airlines Center · Dallas, TX

attendance: 20,056 (100.3%)