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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks

November 12, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Timberwolves beat the Mavericks 133-94 on 2026-11-12 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, Jonathan Kuminga, and Ayo Dosunmu. The Mavericks started Kyrie Irving, Caleb Martin, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 17 points (8/11) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 7 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Caleb Martin as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 133

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ayo Dosunmu GS 26:56 18 2 1 1 1 1 1 8-15 2-4 0-0 +27
LaMelo Ball GS 25:19 22 3 9 2 0 4 1 8-14 6-10 0-0 +24
Jaden McDaniels GS 25:16 16 9 3 0 1 3 2 7-12 0-3 2-2 +26
Jonathan Kuminga GS 24:26 14 8 5 2 0 3 2 6-11 1-3 1-2 +19
Rudy Gobert GS 23:13 9 6 1 1 2 1 2 4-6 0-0 1-1 +18
Bones Hyland 22:41 24 3 8 2 0 1 1 7-10 5-6 5-6 +15
Joan Beringer 22:15 13 9 0 0 3 1 2 4-5 0-0 5-8 +15
Terrence Shannon Jr 21:06 6 2 4 1 0 1 2 3-8 0-1 0-0 +5
Jaylen Clark 18:54 7 6 2 1 0 1 2 3-5 1-3 0-0 +17
Trey Lyles 15:07 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 +26
Isaiah Evans 7:30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 +2
Cody Williams 7:17 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 133 50 33 10 7 17 19 52-90 15-32 14-19

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 94

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 27:22 12 7 3 2 0 2 1 5-12 1-2 1-2 -21
Kyrie Irving GS 26:48 10 3 4 0 1 1 1 4-11 2-6 0-0 -36
Caleb Martin GS 20:43 7 2 5 2 0 1 1 3-6 1-3 0-0 -18
P.J. Washington GS 16:21 10 3 0 0 0 2 4 4-7 1-4 1-1 -14
Daniel Gafford GS 16:20 3 3 1 0 2 1 2 1-2 0-0 1-2 -17
Zaccharie Risacher 24:41 22 6 3 2 1 1 4 9-14 4-8 0-0 -6
Naji Marshall 22:35 13 1 4 2 0 2 4 4-10 1-4 4-4 -26
Walter Clayton Jr. 21:44 5 1 4 0 0 5 0 1-8 0-5 3-3 -15
Morez Johnson Jr. 13:27 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-4 0-1 0-0 -12
Tobi Lawal 12:00 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Santi Aldama 9:46 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1-6 1-4 0-0 -16
Marcus Sasser 8:31 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1-5 0-4 1-2 -9
Moussa Cissé 7:30 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Max Christie 6:43 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 -2
Jett Howard 5:29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 1-4 0-0 +4
Totals 94 38 26 9 7 19 23 35-94 13-48 11-14

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
Ayo Dosunmu Kyrie Irving: 22 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Caleb Martin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaden McDaniels Cooper Flagg: 19 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Kyrie Irving: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball Caleb Martin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Kuminga Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · P.J. Washington: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Joan Beringer Morez Johnson Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Moussa Cissé: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland Walter Clayton Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tobi Lawal: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Rudy Gobert Daniel Gafford: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Caleb Martin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Zaccharie Risacher: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Naji Marshall: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Lyles Naji Marshall: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Santi Aldama: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Evans Jett Howard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cody Williams Walter Clayton Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zaccharie Risacher: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Kyrie Irving Ayo Dosunmu: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cooper Flagg Jaden McDaniels: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Jonathan Kuminga: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zaccharie Risacher Terrence Shannon Jr: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Lyles: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Walter Clayton Jr. Bones Hyland: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naji Marshall Jaylen Clark: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Caleb Martin LaMelo Ball: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jonathan Kuminga: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
P.J. Washington Jonathan Kuminga: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford Rudy Gobert: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tobi Lawal Isaiah Evans: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Morez Johnson Jr. Joan Beringer: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · LaMelo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Santi Aldama Trey Lyles: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Joan Beringer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Cissé Joan Beringer: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie Jaylen Clark: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Sasser Bones Hyland: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard Terrence Shannon Jr: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cody Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)