Minnesota Timberwolves @ Dallas Mavericks
9-9, 3-6 Away
112
9-9, 3-6 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 29 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 112 |
DAL | 24 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 106 |
10-8, 8-2 Home
106
10-8, 8-2 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
- Kevin Love misses 23-foot
- Gal Mekel makes 4-foot two point shot
- Nikola Pekovic makes 8-foot two point shot
- Shawn Marion misses 16-foot Running Jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Samuel Dalembert makes layup
- Nikola Pekovic makes driving layup
- Monta Ellis misses 20-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes 1-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 18-foot jumper (Gal Mekel assists)
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Kevin Martin assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 20-foot two point jumper
- Gal Mekel misses 20-foot jumper
- Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
- Kevin Martin misses 13-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Corey Brewer assists)
- Shawn Marion misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ricky Rubio makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 13-foot jumper (Gal Mekel assists)
- Kevin Love misses 16-foot jumper
- Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
- Shawn Marion misses two point shot
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
- Kevin Martin makes 8-foot two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes driving layup
- Nikola Pekovic misses layup
- Vince Carter misses 10-foot Running Jumper
- Kevin Martin misses 17-foot two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes two point shot (Vince Carter assists)
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses 21-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dante Cunningham misses 20-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luc Richard Mbah a Moute assists)
- Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (J.J. Barea assists)
- Vince Carter makes 7-foot two point shot
- Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dante Cunningham makes 19-foot jumper (J.J. Barea assists)
- Jae Crowder misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shane Larkin misses 10-foot jumper
- J.J. Barea makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
- Jae Crowder misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 5-foot jump bank shot
- DeJuan Blair makes layup (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- DeJuan Blair makes free throw 1 of 1
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses two point shot
- J.J. Barea misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Shane Larkin makes 20-foot jumper
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- DeJuan Blair makes two point shot (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
- Shane Larkin makes 15-foot jumper
- Gorgui Dieng misses 16-foot jumper
- Gorgui Dieng misses two point shot
- DeJuan Blair makes two point shot (Jae Crowder assists)
- Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Wayne Ellington misses 12-foot two point shot
- DeJuan Blair misses
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Samuel Dalembert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Samuel Dalembert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes two point shot
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute makes 5-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter misses 13-foot two point jumper
- Shawn Marion misses 7-foot two point shot
- Corey Brewer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gal Mekel misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ricky Rubio makes 20-foot two point shot
- Gal Mekel makes 15-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
- Nikola Pekovic makes 2-foot two point shot
- Gal Mekel misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 2-foot two point shot (Kevin Love assists)
- Gal Mekel misses 4-foot
- Shawn Marion misses layup
- Monta Ellis misses tip shot
- Shawn Marion makes jumper (Gal Mekel assists)
- Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Pekovic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Samuel Dalembert makes 2-foot two point shot (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis misses layup
- Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot
- Gal Mekel misses 19-foot jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 14-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Corey Brewer misses 9-foot Running Jumper
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 13-foot jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
- Nikola Pekovic misses 6-foot
- Gal Mekel makes driving layup
- Kevin Love misses two point shot
- Nikola Pekovic makes 2-foot two point shot
- Shawn Marion makes 9-foot two point shot (Gal Mekel assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Gal Mekel assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes 10-foot two point shot
- Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 1
- Monta Ellis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Kevin Love misses layup
- Gal Mekel misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin makes 2-foot dunk (Corey Brewer assists)
- Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Gal Mekel assists)
- Nikola Pekovic makes 5-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Monta Ellis makes technical free throw
- Shawn Marion makes 5-foot jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
- Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
- Shawn Marion misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shawn Marion misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Monta Ellis makes two point shot
- Nikola Pekovic makes 7-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
- Vince Carter makes 27-foot three point jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
- Kevin Love makes two point shot
- Monta Ellis misses 5-foot
- Kevin Love misses 5-foot running hook shot
- Monta Ellis makes 18-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 20-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes 5-foot two point shot (J.J. Barea assists)
- Shane Larkin misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (J.J. Barea assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 10-foot two point shot
- Kevin Love makes technical free throw
- J.J. Barea misses driving layup
- Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
- Vince Carter misses 13-foot jumper
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute makes two point shot (J.J. Barea assists)
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses free throw 1 of 1
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses free throw 2 of 2
- Vince Carter misses 5-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter makes 2-foot two point shot
- J.J. Barea makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dante Cunningham misses 37-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
- Dante Cunningham makes 20-foot jumper (J.J. Barea assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 13-foot two point shot
- Dante Cunningham makes 16-foot jumper
- Jae Crowder misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jae Crowder makes two point shot (DeJuan Blair assists)
- J.J. Barea misses 26-foot three point jumper
- DeJuan Blair makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
- Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
- Shane Larkin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin misses 18-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes 17-foot two point shot
- Dante Cunningham makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Vince Carter makes 7-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter makes free throw 1 of 1
- DeJuan Blair makes two point shot
- Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes 22-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 21-foot jumper
- Monta Ellis misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 9-foot jumper
- Ricky Rubio makes two point shot
- Gal Mekel misses 12-foot Running Jumper
- Kevin Martin makes 18-foot jumper
- Monta Ellis misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 14-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 18-foot jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
- Kevin Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin makes technical free throw
- Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 3-foot two point shot
- Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2
- Wayne Ellington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gal Mekel assists)
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gal Mekel misses driving layup
- Jae Crowder makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Larkin assists)
- Jae Crowder misses three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Matchups
Game Information
Dallas, TX
Referee:Ed Malloy
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Ben Taylor
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
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