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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks

November 17, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Mavericks 120-96 on 2025-11-17 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Mavericks started P.J. Washington, Brandon Williams, Moussa Cissé, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 17 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 5 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Max Christie as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 29:24 13 4 3 2 0 2 2 5-14 1-7 2-2 +14
Rudy Gobert GS 29:06 15 9 4 2 1 2 0 6-8 0-0 3-6 +19
Julius Randle GS 26:54 12 6 4 1 0 1 3 4-16 1-5 3-5 +21
Donte DiVincenzo GS 26:18 14 5 2 0 2 1 1 4-8 3-7 3-4 +35
Jaden McDaniels GS 23:17 15 5 3 2 1 3 0 4-6 3-4 4-5 +15
Naz Reid 22:34 22 12 2 0 0 3 2 9-14 3-6 1-1 +18
Jaylen Clark 18:47 5 6 0 1 0 0 3 2-5 1-4 0-0 +15
Mike Conley 15:41 5 2 3 3 0 1 4 2-4 1-3 0-0 +17
Rob Dillingham 12:58 8 1 1 2 0 2 3 4-12 0-3 0-0 -17
Leonard Miller 9:40 0 3 3 1 0 1 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 -5
Bones Hyland 7:46 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Joan Beringer 7:46 6 4 0 0 1 0 2 2-4 0-0 2-2 -5
Joe Ingles 6:50 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7
Johnny Juzang 2:59 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 +5
Totals 120 59 27 16 5 16 24 44-97 14-44 18-25

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 96

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 26:51 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 6-10 2-3 1-2 -27
Moussa Cisse GS 25:30 5 10 0 1 2 1 4 2-6 0-0 1-7 -20
P.J. Washington GS 24:53 13 7 2 1 0 2 3 5-12 1-3 2-2 -7
Brandon Williams GS 24:18 15 5 2 1 1 2 3 4-12 1-3 6-6 -8
Max Christie GS 18:45 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 1-2 -15
Naji Marshall 23:15 7 3 0 1 0 2 0 3-9 0-3 1-3 -24
D'Angelo Russell 22:23 8 2 4 0 0 4 3 4-11 0-5 0-0 -11
Caleb Martin 17:33 6 3 1 1 1 2 1 2-4 0-1 2-2 -10
Klay Thompson 17:10 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 3-9 1-6 0-0 -17
Dwight Powell 16:33 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 +11
Jaden Hardy 13:44 17 3 0 0 0 4 1 4-9 4-5 5-6 +5
Miles Kelly 9:05 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 96 43 13 7 4 20 22 34-85 9-30 19-31

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Max Christie: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Naji Marshall: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert Moussa Cisse: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dwight Powell: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Brandon Williams: 16 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Klay Thompson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Julius Randle P.J. Washington: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Cooper Flagg: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Naz Reid P.J. Washington: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jaden McDaniels Cooper Flagg: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark D'Angelo Russell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · D'Angelo Russell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham Miles Kelly: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Leonard Miller D'Angelo Russell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Hardy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Caleb Martin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Miles Kelly: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Moussa Cisse: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Dwight Powell: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Joe Ingles Caleb Martin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Hardy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang D'Angelo Russell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Hardy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Moussa Cisse Rudy Gobert: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Joan Beringer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cooper Flagg Jaden McDaniels: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Julius Randle: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naji Marshall Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
P.J. Washington Julius Randle: 20 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Naz Reid: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brandon Williams Donte DiVincenzo: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
D'Angelo Russell Jaylen Clark: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Caleb Martin Naz Reid: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leonard Miller: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Klay Thompson Mike Conley: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell Rudy Gobert: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Leonard Miller: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Clark: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Miles Kelly Rob Dillingham: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)