Dallas Mavericks 105, Minnesota Timberwolves 111 — Recap

December 19, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 105, Minnesota Timberwolves 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 25-27 MIN; Q2 DAL 25-29 MIN; Q3 DAL 38-30 MIN; Q4 DAL 17-25 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Tim Hardaway Jr. (DAL) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Dorian Finney-Smith (DAL) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Jalen Brunson (DAL) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Tim Hardaway Jr.

28 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 6-15 FG

Scoring · DAL

Dorian Finney-Smith

23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Dorian Finney-Smith · Season-high 23 pointsMaxi Kleber · Season-high 14 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	25	25	38	17		105
MIN	27	29	30	25		111

🧮 How They Scored

DALMIN

36Points in the paint34

17Fast-break points15

15Second-chance points3

11Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.2%Effective FG%56.5%

9.8%Turnover %9.0%

18.4%Offensive rebound %15.0%

0.268Free-throw rate0.403

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	41	28	6	6	2	1	1	10-19	4-13	4-5	+8
Jalen Brunson G	39	18	2	11	0	0	5	6-13	2-5	4-4	-7
Dorian Finney-Smith F	37	23	3	3	1	0	0	9-13	3-5	2-2	-6
Maxi Kleber F	31	6	14	3	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-11
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	23	13	3	1	1	1	0	2-9	0-2	9-9	+10
Dwight Powell F-C	20	6	4	2	0	0	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Sterling Brown G	20	3	4	0	1	0	2	1-7	1-6	0-0	-13
Trey Burke G	17	4	3	1	0	0	0	2-8	0-5	0-0	0
Moses Brown C	10	4	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-0	2-2	-9
JaQuori McLaughlin G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarred Vanderbilt F	38	6	10	2	1	1	1	3-4	0-0	0-2	+6
D'Angelo Russell G	35	22	2	3	0	0	1	8-16	4-7	2-2	-4
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	24	7	6	1	0	4	6-15	1-3	11-13	+6
Jaden McDaniels F	32	12	1	1	0	0	1	5-8	2-4	0-0	+8
Patrick Beverley G	31	10	8	4	1	2	2	2-6	1-4	5-6	+11
Malik Beasley G	30	13	1	5	1	0	0	4-13	4-12	1-2	+5
Naz Reid F-C	21	8	4	2	2	0	0	2-6	1-2	3-4	-3
Jaylen Nowell G	18	16	4	3	0	0	0	6-9	2-2	2-2	+6
Leandro Bolmaro F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	41	28	66.0	24.7	+8.5	17.0
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	37	23	82.9	17.5	-6.9	15.3
Jalen Brunson	Bench	39	18	61.0	24.4	-6.4	9.2
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	23	13	50.2	23.5	+18.4	8.9
Maxi Kleber	Bench	31	6	75.0	6.0	-12.9	15.7
Dwight Powell	Bench	20	6	75.0	14.0	+11.1	4.3
Trey Burke	Bench	17	4	25.0	21.1	0.0	0.0
Moses Brown	Bench	10	4	41.0	23.8	-35.0	3.4
Sterling Brown	Bench	20	3	21.4	20.5	-26.3	-2.5
JaQuori McLaughlin	Bench	3	0	0.0	14.3	-66.7	-33.3

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	24	57.9	33.3	+4.0	13.3
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	22	65.2	24.0	-7.5	10.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	18	16	81.0	22.5	+13.9	24.8
Malik Beasley	Bench	30	13	46.8	21.5	+2.7	6.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	32	12	75.0	12.9	+12.9	7.5
Patrick Beverley	Bench	31	10	57.9	17.2	+14.5	10.1
Naz Reid	Bench	21	8	51.5	16.7	-10.0	8.3
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	38	6	61.5	7.8	+6.7	8.6
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	-7.4