Minnesota Timberwolves 102, Dallas Mavericks 114 — Recap

December 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 102, Dallas Mavericks 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 35-34 DAL; Q2 MIN 15-27 DAL; Q3 MIN 28-27 DAL; Q4 MIN 24-26 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (DAL) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 26 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Dorian Finney-Smith (DAL) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Dwight Powell (DAL) 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Jalen Brunson

28 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

26 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · MIN

Malik Beasley

22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 8-15 FG

Season highs

D'Angelo Russell · Season-high 12 assistsSterling Brown · Season-high 11 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
MIN	35	15	28	24		102
DAL	34	27	27	26		114

🧮 How They Scored

MINDAL

40Points in the paint50

12Fast-break points11

5Second-chance points12

17Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%55.2%

16.2%Turnover %9.4%

20.9%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.253Free-throw rate0.267

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	39	11	8	3	2	0	0	4-8	0-3	3-3	-7
Karl-Anthony Towns C	38	26	14	7	0	2	5	9-14	3-4	5-5	-15
D'Angelo Russell G	36	14	1	12	1	0	3	4-18	1-11	5-5	-12
Malik Beasley G	35	22	3	2	0	0	4	8-15	6-12	0-0	-19
Jaylen Nowell G	24	8	1	0	1	0	1	4-8	0-3	0-1	-3
Naz Reid F-C	18	11	3	0	0	2	1	4-6	3-4	0-0	+2
Jordan McLaughlin G	18	4	3	2	0	0	1	1-4	0-1	2-3	+1
Nathan Knight F-C	13	3	4	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	1-2	+8
Leandro Bolmaro F	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Jake Layman F	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	1-1	-8

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dorian Finney-Smith F	41	19	6	5	2	0	3	7-15	3-9	2-2	+22
Jalen Brunson G	40	28	2	6	3	1	2	10-18	3-8	5-8	+9
Sterling Brown G	33	12	11	3	0	0	0	5-8	2-4	0-0	+19
Frank Ntilikina G	32	5	2	4	1	0	2	2-7	1-3	0-0	+11
Trey Burke G	22	8	1	7	1	0	0	3-9	0-3	2-2	-3
Theo Pinson G-F	22	7	4	3	4	1	1	2-7	1-4	2-2	-8
Dwight Powell F-C	21	15	8	2	0	0	1	4-7	1-1	6-6	+2
Marquese Chriss F	16	6	8	0	0	1	0	3-5	0-2	0-0	+10
Boban Marjanovic C	8	10	2	0	0	0	1	4-8	0-0	2-3	-1
Moses Brown C	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1
JaQuori McLaughlin G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	38	26	80.2	26.3	-22.1	19.8
Malik Beasley	Bench	35	22	73.3	25.3	-29.4	8.5
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	36	14	34.7	28.8	-14.9	5.0
Naz Reid	Bench	18	11	91.7	18.4	+5.9	13.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	39	11	59.0	10.6	-12.2	9.3
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	24	8	47.4	16.4	-5.9	3.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	18	4	37.6	15.8	+2.8	5.7
Nathan Knight	Bench	13	3	38.7	14.3	+42.6	0.0
Jake Layman	Bench	8	3	43.6	21.1	-37.7	-6.5
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	11	0	0.0	4.0	-36.2	-2.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Bench	40	28	65.1	25.6	+10.0	14.4
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	41	19	59.8	20.7	+26.3	11.3
Dwight Powell	Bench	21	15	77.8	22.9	+4.9	21.1
Sterling Brown	Bench	33	12	75.0	10.7	+26.2	15.3
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	8	10	53.6	52.6	-6.3	12.5
Trey Burke	Bench	22	8	40.5	19.6	-15.2	8.7
Theo Pinson	Bench	22	7	44.4	17.3	-18.2	14.7
Marquese Chriss	Bench	16	6	60.0	12.2	+22.1	13.0
Frank Ntilikina	Bench	32	5	35.7	11.5	+14.9	1.1
Moses Brown	Bench	3	4	100.0	50.0	+25.0	12.5
JaQuori McLaughlin	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-28.6	-4.9