Mavericks vs Timberwolves: Dallas Takes a Three-Game Streak Into Minnesota on Thursday Night
The 7-4 Mavericks visit the 8-3 Timberwolves at Target Center on Thursday night (7 p.m. CT, NBA TV and KFAA-TV), with both teams riding winning streaks. Cooper Flagg leads Dallas at 25.9 points a game, Minnesota is without Anthony Edwards, and Dallas is without Dereck Lively II against Rudy Gobert at the rim.
Seven straight combined wins walk onto the floor in Minneapolis on Thursday night. The Dallas Mavericks, 7-4 and winners of three straight, visit the Minnesota Timberwolves, 8-3 and winners of four straight, at Target Center — tip-off at 7 p.m. Central on NBA TV nationally and on KFAA-TV and MavsTV in Dallas–Fort Worth.
Dallas arrives scoring in bunches: 112 against Utah, 130 against Brooklyn and 125 against Indiana across the three wins, powered by Cooper Flagg, who leads the Mavericks in both scoring (25.9 points per game) and playmaking (6.9 assists). Minnesota arrives defending in a crouch: across its four-game streak, no opponent has reached 110 points, and the Wolves have held four straight teams between 100 and 109.
The injury reports shape the matchup on both sides. Minnesota is without franchise guard Anthony Edwards, out with a knee injury, and Donte DiVincenzo, out with an Achilles injury, leaving LaMelo Ball (18.3 points, 6.0 assists) to run the offense next to Rudy Gobert and his 12.1 rebounds a night. Dallas is without its own rim anchor: Dereck Lively II is out with a foot injury, along with Tarik Biberovic (heel) and Sergio de Larrea (knee), which leaves P.J. Washington — Dallas's leading rebounder at 7.5 a game — and Flagg carrying the defensive glass against Gobert.
Oddsmakers still made the home team the favorite: Minnesota by 5.5 points, with a game total of 225.5, reflecting the Wolves' 4-1 home mark and Dallas's 2-2 road record. The desk will file the game story after the final, within the Sports Desk's game-night window.
