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  dallas vs wolves game 5   Luka Doncic came ready to play scoring his first 10 points just three minutes into the game. The Wolves responded with strong efforts from their big men; both Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert scored at the rim. Gobert and Derrick Jones Jr. picked up technical fouls in a post-play shuffle. The Wolves tied things at 18, but Dallas answered with back-to-back dunks from Dereck Lively and P.J. Washington. Doncic was not messing around in this game, as he connected on a logo three and a spinning three in semi-transition to give him 20 points in under 10 minutes. Dallas allowed just four points in the last six minutes of the first and took a 35-19 lead after one quarter. The Mavericks continued to pour it on in the second with Doncic on the bench. The lead grew to as many as 23 before the Wolves finally started to score. Minnesota’s baskets in the lane were very difficult to come by as multiple Dallas defenders met any Timberwolf in the lane or at t...

dallas vs wolves game 4  Now they head back to Minnesota for Game 5 on Thursday night to see if they can make things even more interesting against Dallas. Towns scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half  and the Wolves  held off the Mavericks 105-100  on Tuesday night to avoid a sweep. Anthony Edwards had 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists  as the Wolves stayed alive in their first trip to the conference finals in 20 years, and just the second in the franchise’s 35 seasons. Towns, who was shooting 28% from the field in the series coming in, was 9-for-13 from the field, including four of five from deep. And that was after picking up fifth foul midway through the third quarter. “Being aggressive,” Towns said. “Ain’t no time to have any doubts in your mind, especially at this time, it’s Game 4, down 3-0. Ain’t no time to have any doubts.” Luka Doncic had 28 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his sixth triple-double of these playoffs, but  he and co...

 DALLAS (AP) Karl-Anthony Towns finally found his rhythm, and the Timberwolves finally closed a game in the Western Conference finals. Now they head back to Minnesota to see if they can make things even more interesting against Dallas. Towns scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and the Wolves held off the Mavericks 105-100 on Tuesday night to avoid a sweep. Anthony Edwards had 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Wolves stayed alive in their first trip to the conference finals in 20 years, and just the second in the franchise's 35 seasons. Game 5 is Thursday night. Towns, who was shooting 28% from the field in the series coming in, was 9 of 13 from the field, including four of five from 3-point range. And that was after picking up fifth foul midway through the third quarter. “Being aggressive,” Towns said. “Ain’t no time to have any doubts in your mind, especially at this time, it’s Game 4, down 3-0. Ain’t no time to have any doubts.” Luka Doncic had 28 points, 1...

Dallas Mavericks vs MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES game 2  Jaden McDaniels led the Timberwolves with 24 points and made 6 of 9 shots from 3-point range. “I think Jaden was the only one who came ready to play (in Game 1), and I think everybody else let him down,” Edwards said. “So, I think if we bring our best brand of basketball on Friday, I think we’ll see what type of game it will be.” Dallas once again will look for leadership from its top duo of Doncic and Irving. They accounted for 63 of the Mavericks’ 108 points on Wednesday with Doncic scoring 33 and Irving adding 30. The Mavericks shot 49.4 percent (43 of 87) overall but only 24 percent (6 of 25) from 3-point range. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves shot 42.7 percent (38 of 89) from the field and 36.7 percent (18 of 49) from long distance. Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said he does not want to see another discrepancy in which the Timberwolves make three times as many 3-pointers in Game 2. “We’ve got to be better at the 3-point line,” Kidd s...

  dallas vs wolves game 1 Luka Doncic led a strong finish for the Dallas Mavericks, swishing crucial shots down the stretch, drawing a couple of fouls and even playing strong defense. The Mavericks might not be the favorites in yet another series, but they stole home-court advantage from the Minnesota Timberwolves with this promising start. Doncic had 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and Kyrie Irving scored 24 of his 30 in the first half to lift the Mavericks to a 108-105 victory over the Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday night. Dallas had a 62-38 advantage in points in the paint to offset a 6-for-25 shooting performance from deep. “We made important ones,” said Doncic, who scored seven straight points over 63 seconds early in the fourth quarter to fuel a 13-0 run by the Mavericks for a 97-89 lead. The Mavericks trailed 102-98 after a 3-pointer by Anthony Edwards with 3:37 left, before an 8-0 run the Wolves didn’t stop until a tip-in with...