Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Dallas Mavericks 105 — Recap

January 28, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Dallas Mavericks 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 31-29 DAL; Q2 MIN 27-19 DAL; Q3 MIN 34-27 DAL; Q4 MIN 26-30 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (MIN) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 12-of-21 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; P.J. Washington (DAL) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 10-of-20 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Naji Marshall (DAL) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Julius Randle

31 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 12-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Naz Reid

23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · DAL

P.J. Washington

21 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 10-20 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 17 largest lead Q3 0:00 (MIN 92, DAL 75) · 8-0 run, Q3 8:09–Q3 6:39

DAL 3 largest lead Q1 3:35 (MIN 17, DAL 20) · 7-0 run, Q3 4:22–Q3 3:27

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Joan Beringer assists) (Q1 1:12, MIN 29, DAL 28).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	31	27	34	26		118
DAL	29	19	27	30		105

🧮 How They Scored

MINDAL

52Points in the paint60

11Fast-break points19

21Second-chance points9

22Points off turnovers14

45Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.1%Effective FG%47.0%

10.2%Turnover %14.4%

23.4%Offensive rebound %31.1%

0.287Free-throw rate0.464

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	20	6	6	3	1	2	6-17	3-4	5-6	+14
Julius Randle F	34	31	5	4	1	0	1	12-21	0-3	7-7	+2
Jaden McDaniels F	30	8	2	2	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	0-0	-4
Naz Reid F-C	28	23	8	3	3	1	4	9-17	3-10	2-2	+6
Donte DiVincenzo G	28	8	5	1	5	0	1	3-8	2-5	0-0	+9
Mike Conley G	22	6	1	5	1	1	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	+6
Rudy Gobert C	21	6	6	1	2	2	2	2-5	0-0	2-7	+9
Joan Beringer F	16	9	4	1	0	1	0	3-4	0-0	3-4	+11
Nah'Shon Hyland G	12	7	4	2	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	1-1	+3
Jaylen Clark G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+9

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington F	34	21	7	2	0	2	3	10-20	0-4	1-4	-12
Naji Marshall F	32	18	6	1	0	1	2	7-14	0-0	4-5	+1
Max Christie G	32	9	4	1	1	0	3	1-8	0-5	7-8	-10
Caleb Martin F	32	4	8	5	2	0	1	2-7	0-2	0-0	-17
Dwight Powell F-C	27	5	9	4	0	0	2	2-4	0-0	1-2	-5
Brandon Williams G	24	17	5	3	0	0	2	4-10	1-1	8-12	-2
Jaden Hardy G	24	11	2	3	1	0	0	4-8	2-4	1-3	-1
Daniel Gafford F	21	14	6	0	1	0	2	5-8	0-0	4-5	-6
Ryan Nembhard G	10	6	1	2	0	0	2	3-5	0-2	0-0	-9
Miles Kelly G	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	34	31	64.4	30.5	+5.5	21.5
Anthony Edwards	Starter	38	20	50.9	23.2	+17.1	14.9
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	28	8	50.0	12.3	+15.2	10.3
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	30	8	50.0	11.1	-4.5	2.4
Rudy Gobert	Starter	21	6	37.1	19.6	+23.1	1.2
Naz Reid	Bench	28	23	64.3	30.1	+6.4	18.6
Joan Beringer	Bench	16	9	78.1	14.3	+29.7	16.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	12	7	54.3	24.1	+11.1	13.0
Mike Conley	Bench	22	6	50.0	12.1	+5.4	6.4
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	11	0	0.0	6.9	+44.9	-2.7
Rob Dillingham	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
P.J. Washington	Starter	34	21	48.3	29.4	-14.9	9.7
Naji Marshall	Starter	32	18	55.6	20.5	-0.1	9.0
Daniel Gafford	Starter	21	14	68.6	20.3	-11.5	11.1
Max Christie	Starter	32	9	39.1	17.4	-15.6	2.6
Caleb Martin	Starter	32	4	28.6	9.2	-22.6	9.5
Brandon Williams	Bench	24	17	55.6	30.0	-1.6	10.6
Jaden Hardy	Bench	24	11	59.0	15.0	-3.8	11.2
Ryan Nembhard	Bench	10	6	60.0	28.0	-39.1	6.8
Dwight Powell	Bench	27	5	51.2	10.8	-11.7	6.7
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Klay Thompson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Miles Kelly	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	-31.8	34.8