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Minnesota Timberwolves rout Dallas Mavericks 133-94 without Anthony Edwards as Bones Hyland scores season-high 24
Bones Hyland scored a season-high 24 off the bench and LaMelo Ball hit six threes as the Timberwolves won their fifth straight, led by as many as 44 and snapped Dallas' three-game winning streak.
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Bones Hyland scored a season-high 24 points off the bench, LaMelo Ball had 22 with six threes, and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Dallas Mavericks 133-94 at Target Center on Thursday, November 12, without Anthony Edwards. Minnesota won its fifth game in a row and improved to 9-3. Dallas had its three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 7-5.
Edwards missed the game with a knee injury, and Donte DiVincenzo (Achilles) was also out. The Timberwolves still led by as many as 44 points, outscored Dallas 74-42 in the paint and shot 52-of-90 from the field.
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A 15-2 run to end the first quarter
P.J. Washington scored 9 points in the first quarter, and Dallas led 24-19 with 3:05 left in the period. Hyland, who checked in at the 4:34 mark and had already hit a 29-foot three, then made two free throws, set up Ayo Dosunmu twice, hit a step-back three and found Jaylen Clark for a three with 1.1 seconds left. Minnesota closed the quarter on a 15-2 run and led 34-26.
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The Mavericks got back within 43-42 on a Zaccharie Risacher dunk with 6:53 left in the second quarter. Minnesota answered with a 24-10 run to halftime. Ball scored 8 points in the run, including two step-back threes, and threw an alley-oop to Rudy Gobert for a 67-52 lead at the break.
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The third quarter
After a Cooper Flagg free throw opened the second half, the Timberwolves scored 10 straight points, with Ball hitting a 31-foot three and Jonathan Kuminga and Jaden McDaniels scoring inside, and they outscored Dallas 36-17 in the quarter. Ball’s 28-foot three made it 87-59, Joan Beringer had back-to-back dunks, and Minnesota led 103-69 after three. The lead reached 44 at 129-85 late in the fourth.
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Around the box
Hyland went 7-of-10 from the field and 5-of-6 from three with 8 assists in 23 minutes. Ball made 6 of his 10 threes and had 9 assists, Dosunmu scored 18, McDaniels had 16 points and 9 rebounds, and Kuminga added 14 points and 8 rebounds. Beringer had 13 points and 9 rebounds off the bench, and Gobert scored 9. Minnesota had 33 assists.
Risacher led Dallas with a season-high 22 points off the bench on 9-of-14 shooting. Naji Marshall scored 13, and Flagg had 12 points and 7 rebounds on 5-of-12 shooting in his first game since scoring 43 against Indiana. Kyrie Irving had 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting and was -36 in 27 minutes. The Mavericks shot 13-of-48 from three and committed 19 turnovers, which led to 25 Minnesota points. Attendance was 17,856.
What’s next
The Timberwolves host the Chicago Bulls on Saturday, November 14, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Sunday Cairo time). The Mavericks visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Sunday Cairo time).
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