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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks

February 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Mavericks 122-111 on 2026-02-20 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, Tyus Jones, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, and Naji Marshall. Brandon Williams (Mavericks) scored 12 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 19 points (8/14) in his matchups, with Naji Marshall as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 37:46 40 6 1 1 0 3 2 16-30 5-13 3-4 +17
Jaden McDaniels GS 34:06 7 8 5 2 1 6 4 3-11 1-4 0-1 +1
Rudy Gobert GS 32:23 22 17 1 1 3 2 3 9-11 0-1 4-8 +6
Donte DiVincenzo GS 30:30 9 5 9 1 0 1 4 3-5 3-5 0-0 +19
Julius Randle GS 28:56 13 5 3 1 0 5 3 4-15 1-4 4-4 +8
Naz Reid 30:28 21 7 4 1 2 2 1 8-14 4-8 1-2 +12
Ayo Dosunmu 27:02 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 2-9 1-5 0-0 +2
Bones Hyland 14:36 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 1-3 1-2 0-0 -6
Joan Beringer 4:13 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 122 54 28 7 8 19 22 47-99 16-42 12-19

Did not play: Jaylen Clark (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Enrique Freeman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision), Terrence Shannon Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
P.J. Washington GS 36:20 12 12 2 2 0 0 4 5-17 2-5 0-2 +3
Naji Marshall GS 33:10 15 5 3 3 0 3 2 5-16 0-4 5-7 +1
Khris Middleton GS 30:26 18 6 2 2 0 2 1 6-14 1-3 5-6 -7
Tyus Jones GS 26:09 13 1 6 0 0 0 1 6-10 1-1 0-0 +11
Daniel Gafford GS 23:41 8 5 1 2 2 1 4 4-7 0-0 0-0 -6
Klay Thompson 27:54 11 0 2 1 0 1 2 4-12 3-9 0-0 -23
Marvin Bagley III 24:19 15 13 0 0 1 1 1 5-9 1-2 4-4 -5
Brandon Williams 18:25 13 1 4 0 0 2 1 4-8 0-1 5-8 -15
Caleb Martin 14:47 4 2 1 2 0 1 2 1-2 0-0 2-2 -16
AJ Johnson 4:49 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 111 45 21 12 3 12 18 41-97 8-25 21-29

Did not play: Miles Kelly (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dwight Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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 Naji Marshall: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · P.J. Washington: 12 poss., 11 pts (4/5)
Jaden McDaniels Khris Middleton: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/7) · Naji Marshall: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Rudy Gobert Daniel Gafford: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Donte DiVincenzo Tyus Jones: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Klay Thompson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle P.J. Washington: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Daniel Gafford: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/4)
Naz Reid P.J. Washington: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Naji Marshall: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ayo Dosunmu Klay Thompson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Brandon Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Bones Hyland Tyus Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Caleb Martin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Marvin Bagley III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
P.J. Washington Naz Reid: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Julius Randle: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naji Marshall Anthony Edwards: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Khris Middleton Jaden McDaniels: 25 poss., 4 pts (0/3) · Anthony Edwards: 19 poss., 11 pts (5/7)
Klay Thompson Donte DiVincenzo: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Daniel Gafford Rudy Gobert: 27 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones Donte DiVincenzo: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Bones Hyland: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Marvin Bagley III Rudy Gobert: 19 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Joan Beringer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandon Williams Donte DiVincenzo: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Caleb Martin Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)