The Dallas Mavericks have defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves, who they met in the Western Conference Finals of the 2023-2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
Dallas defeated Minnesota 120-114 in the 2024-2025 NBA regular season on Tuesday night (Jan. 30) at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
With a 3-1 record, Dallas moved into a tie for second place in the Western Conference. Minnesota, with a 2-2 record, 카지노사이트 모음 is tied for seventh.
Dallas swept Minnesota four games to one in last season’s Western Finals and reached the championship game before falling to the Boston Celtics in four games to one.
Minnesota got a 24-point first quarter from Anthony Edwards, who exploded for six 3-pointers in the first quarter alone, to take a 34-26 lead.
However, Edwards added just 13 points in the second through fourth quarters, as Dallas pulled away behind Kyrie Irving (35 points) and Luka Doncic (24 points, eight assists, eight rebounds).
Leading 61-59 at halftime, Dallas scored nine more points in the third quarter to open up a double-digit gap, and Doncic drained a long-range 3-pointer from 9.8 meters with 1:04 left in regulation to give his team a 114-109 lead. It was a “big shot” from more than 2 meters beyond the 3-point line.
Doncic had hit a step-back 3-pointer from a similar distance in Game 2 of last season’s Western Finals at the same venue to tie the game at 109-108 with three seconds left in regulation.
Nikola Jokic recorded a triple-double with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists as the Denver Nuggets edged the Brooklyn Nets 144-139 in overtime to win their second straight game after an opening two-game losing streak.