{"id":575551,"date":"2026-03-31T04:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575551\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:02:07","slug":"timberwolves-124-94-mavericks-31-mar-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575551\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves 124-94 Mavericks (31 Mar, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS — \u2014 Dallas native Julius Randle<\/a> scored 24 points, Anthony Edwards<\/a> had 17 points off the bench in his return following a six-game absence, and the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> beat the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> 124-94 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Edwards was announced as a starter but was late to the court and replaced in the lineup by Mike Conley<\/a>. Edwards checked in after 2:01 elapsed.<\/p>\n

Edwards went in needing to play in every remaining Wolves game to meet the NBA\u2019s 65-game minimum for eligibility for all-NBA consideration.<\/p>\n

Ayo Dosunmu<\/a> had 16 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists for his first triple-double since being acquired from Chicago at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves (46-29) moved into sole possession of fifth place in the Western Conference, a half-game ahead of idle Houston.<\/p>\n

Minnesota\u2019s Rudy Gobert<\/a> had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Donte DiVincenzo<\/a> hit 5 of 9 behind the arc and finished with 15 points.<\/p>\n

Daniel Gafford<\/a> scored 21 points to lead the lottery-bound Mavericks (24-51), who have lost their last 13 home games.<\/p>\n

Mavericks star rookie Cooper Flagg<\/a> scored 12 points on 5-of-19 shooting after starting 1 for 10. <\/p>\n

The Mavericks\u2019 home losing streak is their longest at the 25-year old American Airlines Center. It\u2019s their longest since dropping their first 19 games at since-demolished Reunion Arena to begin the 1993-94 season.<\/p>\n

Minnesota used a 19-2 run to open a 23-10 lead late in the first quarter and never again trailed. The Wolves led by as many as 33 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Up Next <\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Visit Detroit on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mavericks: Visit Milwaukee on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS — \u2014 Dallas native Julius Randle scored 24 points, Anthony Edwards had 17 points off the bench…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-575551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}