#Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves
Target Center- Minneapolis, MN
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468611)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/zq80hs/game_thread_dallas_mavericks_1515_at_minnesota/j0wqlbh/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|DAL |30|14|30|32|106|
|MIN |21|36|37|22|116|
###Player Stats
**Dallas Mavericks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|R. Bullock|32:50|0|0-3|0-3|0-0|0|6|6|2|1|1|0|4|-16
|D. Finney-Smith|27:54|9|3-6|2-3|1-2|4|1|5|1|1|1|1|1|-18
|C. Wood|34:29|15|4-11|1-5|6-7|1|12|13|1|1|2|5|5|-15
|S. Dinwiddie|37:35|20|6-13|5-10|3-4|0|2|2|7|1|0|1|1|-13
|L. Doncic|28:24|19|5-17|3-8|6-7|1|5|6|7|1|0|4|2|-14
|K. Walker|23:59|14|3-9|1-6|7-7|0|2|2|3|0|0|0|4|-4
|F. Ntilikina|26:14|5|2-6|1-2|0-0|0|4|4|1|0|0|3|3|6
|J. McGee|8:58|5|2-2|0-0|1-2|1|1|2|0|0|0|1|1|9
|D. Bertans|16:24|18|6-9|6-9|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|9
|T. Pinson|3:12|1|0-0|0-0|1-2|1|1|2|1|0|0|0|1|6
**Minnesota Timberwolves**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|A. Edwards|37:43|27|7-21|3-6|10-11|2|11|13|9|1|2|1|3|20
|J. McDaniels|37:04|13|5-11|1-4|2-2|3|2|5|2|0|0|1|3|13
|N. Reid|39:59|27|11-19|2-6|3-4|2|11|13|1|2|1|2|2|17
|A. Rivers|36:59|16|6-7|3-4|1-2|0|5|5|2|1|0|1|1|15
|D. Russell|35:09|9|4-13|1-6|0-0|0|2|2|5|0|0|3|4|-9
|J. Nowell|25:12|18|6-10|2-3|4-5|0|2|2|0|1|0|1|3|18
|B. Forbes|12:41|2|1-3|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|-3
|N. Knight|6:00|2|1-3|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|0|0|0|1|3|0
|L. Garza|2:53|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-11
|W. Moore Jr.|4:30|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|2|-2
|J. Minott|:53|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4
|M. Ryan|:53|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|DAL|31-76|19-46|25-31|23|23|5|15|5|8|34|53|
|MIN|42-89|12-31|20-24|19|24|5|10|4|9|35|49|
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We should build around Bertans.
Bertans showed out in Q4. Refs sucked.
Three positives from tonight:
1. Bertans hit a bunch of threes in garbage time to keep the deficit under 20
2. ???
3. ???
More BERTANS MINUTES
Shameful display
The problem is that half the players on this team can do absolutely nothing on offense but shoot threes.
I am grateful to Bertans for making my day a little less shitty.
Balkans is out, Baltic is in.
We are only 4.5 games behind the 1st place team.
Why is everyone so negative?
We have THJ and Maxi who will be like new FA signings.
People forget about Frank.
Chill dudes, we play beautiful basketball.
Turns out Luka was really holding Bertans back
Fuck Reggie Bullock. Give all his minutes to Bertans.
Luka’s ejection was bullshit but he really needs to grow the fuck up and be a better leader.
DFS getting hurt was the worst news. I hope he’s ok. We need reinforcements bad.
Think we’re pretty close to the wheels falling off this thing completely. Luka is hobbled (was a nonfactor tonight). Exactly 0 of Nico’s off-season moves worked. Actually impressive, think you’d luck into 1 working
We should unironically tank, I dont see any way to improve this team outside of a big time trade wich we wont do, so just tank.
Man I want a match where Luka just shits all over Edwards and his fake bravado
I want to get off Mr. Kidd’s wild ride.
If you feel bad about this team than you should realize that this is pretty much the team we will have next year too 😂😂
Majority of our players would literally be out of the league if not for MAVS lol.
Start Bertans and let’s tank! For real though we can’t tank? We have no chance of finishing bottom 10
It frustrates the hell out of me when we get in bonus early on in a quarter and just continue to jack up 3s.
Frank can’t win with these cats
Disgaceful effort. And it starts with Luka , as always.
Also , people who keep crying for Wood to start and play +30 minutes, you can respectfully shut your damn mouths. I hope we don’t extend him . He’s not a winning player.
Bertans and Kemba get more minutes. Screw defense at this point, they aren’t going stop anyone. We need some damn shots going in.
Soon as THJ and Green get back maybe we can ride the offense long enough with Luka for Kidd to get SOMETHING figured out defensively again. Or hopefully a trade. This is all a mess.
Why doesn’t Bertans get any minutes? It’s not like guys are shooting (or defending lmao) well. We should try playing him some minutes per game alongside Luka and see what happens.
That felt worse than a 10 point loss
This is so winnable until the emotions got into Lukas head. Not gonna win with this attitude.
I really should stop tuning into Mavs games that are either 1. against bad opponents or 2. teams without their best players. It feels like a waste of time, and not in the way you’d want it to be
Bullock is 32 in march. He is only going to get worse. Time to move on.
I wonder when will luka just keep his mouth shut and play basketball.
Javale signing is worse than we thought. Even the last 2 games with all the injuries he’s still pretty much unplayable.
Dont bring Luka back until he is fit. Watching him moving like a senior aint going to cut it and you risk longer term damage to your primary asset. He also has a poor mentality when banged up. Wood back to being a dumbass again tonight after upping his concentration levels for the previous two. He was brutal tonight. Fire someone, tank or make a trade because staying the same is doomed.
Btw Reggie bullock ZERO points in 32 minutes mark should fine his ass for that stat sheet
Watching Wood “set a screen” for Luka gives me a bigger appreciation for Dwight Powell. Dude is very limited offensively, but you can always count on him to set a good screen. Luka and Dinwiddie had trouble getting rid of their defender because Wood always sets half ass screens. He is a talented offensive player, but he is very frustrating to watch at times.
Bertans got hot, that’s a positive.
josh is way more important that we think
We should straight up sit Luka in this type of game. Good lord he’s always awful when playing an on paper worse team and even more so when their stars are sitting. Zero energy, zero effort, awful body language.