Minnesota Timberwolves 133-94 Dallas Mavericks, Bones Hyland scores 24 in rout

Zaccharie Risacher scores 6 points in a row: a three-pointer and a three-pointer. Joan Beringer connects on a dunk off an assist from Bones Hyland. Jett Howard finishes with a three-pointer, set up by Walter Clayton Jr. Joan Beringer converts 1 of 2 from the foul line after drawing the foul. That bucket pushes Zaccharie Risacher to 22 points on the night for Dallas Mavericks.

Walter Clayton Jr. scored at the rim through contact from Joan Beringer and completed the three-point play, then found Zaccharie Risacher for a triple that gave Dallas six points in this stretch. Bones Hyland got one back for Minnesota at the line after a Tobi Lawal foul, and after turnovers by Cody Williams and Clayton Jr., he finished a layup off a feed from Terrence Shannon Jr.

Bones Hyland and Terrence Shannon Jr. kept feeding each other for Minnesota, with Hyland burying two threes off Shannon Jr. passes and returning the favor on a Shannon Jr. dunk. The second triple lifted Hyland to 21 points at Target Center. Dallas answered with two Walter Clayton Jr. free throws and a Zaccharie Risacher dunk off a Tobi Lawal feed.

Marcus Sasser slashed to the rim for a Dallas layup set up by Zaccharie Risacher, and Ayo Dosunmu answered for Minnesota after Jaylen Clark found him on the move. Joan Beringer stuffed Tobi Lawal, and following a Beringer foul, Sasser split a pair at the line. Beringer grabbed that miss, scored inside and then saw Walter Clayton Jr. hand the ball back with a backcourt violation.

Missed jumpers and contested rebounds mark the stretch at the 9:30 mark of the 4th quarter. Minnesota Timberwolves sits at 43-74 from the field with 40 rebounds, while Dallas Mavericks has hit 28-75 from the floor with 30 rebounds.

Walter Clayton Jr. was called for a backcourt violation, and Ayo Dosunmu made Minnesota pay right away with a dunk inside off a pass from Jonathan Kuminga. Tobi Lawal then crashed the glass for two straight offensive rebounds before he was whistled for a foul, and play stopped for a timeout at 10:11 of the fourth quarter at Target Center.

Max Christie grabbed a defensive board and then knocked down a three from the perimeter for Dallas off a pass from Naji Marshall. Rudy Gobert answered at the other end for Minnesota, cleaning up an offensive rebound and scoring through contact from Zaccharie Risacher. Gobert then made the lone free throw to complete the three-point play early in the fourth quarter at Target Center.

Zaccharie Risacher threw down a dunk inside off a feed from Naji Marshall, and Bones Hyland got to the rim for a layup. Hyland was then whistled for a foul, closing a third quarter in which the Minnesota Timberwolves built a 34-point cushion over the Dallas Mavericks.

Joan Beringer threw down a dunk off a feed from Terrence Shannon Jr., and Cooper Flagg answered for Dallas with a pull-up two set up by Zaccharie Risacher before finding Naji Marshall for another jumper. Bones Hyland made both free throws after a Marcus Sasser foul, Beringer stuffed Morez Johnson Jr. at the rim, and Ayo Dosunmu added a basket for Minnesota.

Bones Hyland gave the ball away out of bounds, and Terrence Shannon Jr. and Max Christie each cleared a defensive board in a scrappy stretch at Target Center. Joan Beringer then rejected Santi Aldama, Jaylen Clark collected the miss and fed Shannon for a two from the floor. Dallas answered right away when Naji Marshall found Zaccharie Risacher for a layup at the rim.

Kyrie Irving hit a three for Dallas, but LaMelo Ball answered from the perimeter off a feed from Jaden McDaniels. McDaniels then went 2 for 2 at the line after an Irving foul, and when Zaccharie Risacher blocked his attempt, he grabbed the rebound himself and threw down a dunk. Santi Aldama and Irving each coughed it up during the stretch.

Jonathan Kuminga opened this stretch with a finish at the rim, and Naji Marshall answered for Dallas with a three set up by Kyrie Irving. A P.J. Washington turnover set up Jaden McDaniels for a second-chance bucket, and Kuminga drained a triple off a LaMelo Ball pass. Washington coughed it up again before Ball found Rudy Gobert for a layup at the basket.

Cooper Flagg split a pair at the line after a Jaden McDaniels foul, and Minnesota made Dallas pay at the other end when Jonathan Kuminga found LaMelo Ball for a three from the perimeter. Ayo Dosunmu followed with a jumper set up by McDaniels, who also rejected Caleb Martin before finishing a bucket of his own to cap an 8-1 Timberwolves burst.

Play resumes at Target Center with 11:57 showing in the third quarter, and the Minnesota Timberwolves bring a 15-point cushion out of the locker room. The Dallas Mavericks have gone 20 of 48 from the field so far and trail 24 to 18 on the boards.

Alongside LaMelo Ball, Bones Hyland has given the Timberwolves 11 points and 4 assists, while Jonathan Kuminga adds 9 points and 6 rebounds through two quarters. For Dallas, P.J. Washington has help from Cooper Flagg, who owns 9 points and 4 boards, and Caleb Martin, who has chipped in 7 points with 4 assists at Target Center.

Rudy Gobert swatted Kyrie Irving late in the second quarter, Jonathan Kuminga cleared the defensive glass, and Daniel Gafford answered with a defensive board of his own for Dallas. Minnesota shot 27 of 44 from the field and 9 of 18 from deep while out-rebounding Dallas 24-18, as the Mavericks managed 20 of 48 overall and 6 of 17 from three.

Kyrie Irving scores on a three-pointer off an assist from Daniel Gafford. Ayo Dosunmu converts a layup. Jaden McDaniels knocks down a jumper on the pass from Ayo Dosunmu. Rudy Gobert connects on an alley-oop dunk off an assist from LaMelo Ball.

Cooper Flagg keeps a Dallas possession alive on the offensive glass and cashes in the second chance himself. Minnesota responds right away as LaMelo Ball sets up Jonathan Kuminga for a turnaround jumper, and Ball then cleans up the defensive board at the other end. Jaden McDaniels caps the sequence by hammering home a dunk at Target Center.

LaMelo Ball is running the show at Target Center, scoring at the rim and twice from beyond the arc after a Naji Marshall turnover hands Minnesota an extra trip. Cooper Flagg's three off a Marshall feed is the only Dallas reply, while Ball sets up Trey Lyles for a layup and finds Jonathan Kuminga for a dunk to cap a 12-3 Timberwolves stretch in the second quarter.

After Caleb Martin is whistled for a foul, Zaccharie Risacher grabs the defensive board and finds Martin at the rim for a layup. Jaden McDaniels coughs it up on Minnesota's next trip, and Risacher returns the favor by converting a Martin feed. The timeout at Target Center at 6:46 of the second quarter halts a 4-0 Dallas spurt built entirely by that pairing.

Ayo Dosunmu opens the stretch with a layup off a Rudy Gobert feed, but Zaccharie Risacher keeps a Dallas possession alive on the offensive glass and finishes it himself. After a LaMelo Ball turnover, Santi Aldama buries a three off a Cooper Flagg pass, then pokes the ball away from Gobert and sets up Flagg for a layup. LaMelo Ball answers from the floor for the Timberwolves.

Zaccharie Risacher picks Ayo Dosunmu's pocket and later buries a three on a feed from Caleb Martin, but Bones Hyland answers from long range for Minnesota. Jaylen Clark flips the script on the next trip, stripping Cooper Flagg and hammering home a dunk. Caleb Martin replies with a triple of his own as the Mavericks chip away at the Timberwolves' cushion.

Naji Marshall knocks down the second of his two free throws for Dallas, and Rudy Gobert crashes the offensive glass for a second-chance look. The Timberwolves carry an 8-point edge out of the first quarter at Target Center after Jaylen Clark buries a perimeter three on a feed from Bones Hyland.

Bones Hyland steps to the stripe and hits 2 of 2 from the foul line. Ayo Dosunmu knocks down a three-pointer off an assist from Bones Hyland. Bones Hyland connects on a three-pointer. Ayo Dosunmu finishes with a two-point basket on the pass from Bones Hyland.

Naji Marshall goes 2 for 2 at the line after Jaylen Clark is whistled for the foul, and Clark answers moments later by driving in for a layup. Santi Aldama then turns away Joan Beringer at the rim with Kyrie Irving cleaning up the miss, before a Naji Marshall foul and a timeout stop the action.

LaMelo Ball drills a three off a Jaden McDaniels feed, but P.J. Washington answers with an and-one layup set up by Kyrie Irving, with Terrence Shannon Jr. whistled on the play. Naji Marshall scores for Dallas and Bones Hyland replies from deep on a Jonathan Kuminga pass. Washington then finishes inside again off Walter Clayton Jr., and Kuminga coughs it up right after.

Jonathan Kuminga splits a pair at the line for Minnesota, and Kyrie Irving answers on the other end by slicing to the basket for a layup off a feed from Caleb Martin. Joan Beringer also goes 1 for 2 from the stripe for the Timberwolves before Ayo Dosunmu swats Irving's next attempt and grabs the defensive board himself.

Caleb Martin knocks down a three-pointer on the pass from Cooper Flagg. LaMelo Ball connects on a three-pointer. P.J. Washington finishes with a three-pointer, set up by Kyrie Irving. Jaden McDaniels scores on a two-point basket.

Caleb Martin strips the ball from LaMelo Ball and then feeds P.J. Washington, who converts the layup inside for Dallas. Minnesota answers right away when LaMelo Ball finds Jaden McDaniels for a dunk in the paint. Daniel Gafford gives the ball back by stepping out of bounds, and Caleb Martin is busy again on the defensive glass for the Mavericks.

We are underway at Target Center in Minneapolis! The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks have tipped off their NBA meeting, with Minnesota on its home floor. We'll bring you every possession of the first quarter from Minneapolis right here on VAVEL.

Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks take the court at Target Center (Minneapolis) (records: Minnesota Timberwolves 8-3, Dallas Mavericks 7-4) ahead of tip-off on NBA TV. Assigned officials: James Capers, Sean Corbin and Brent Haskill.

Fifteen minutes to tip-off at Target Center, and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks have cleared the floor and headed back to their locker rooms before the walkout in Minneapolis. James Capers, Sean Corbin and Brent Haskill make up tonight's officiating crew for this matchup.

Twenty minutes from tip-off, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks are out on the Target Center floor running through their shooting and position drills. Cooper Flagg comes into Minneapolis averaging 25.9 points for Dallas, while LaMelo Ball carries the Minnesota scoring load at 18.3 per night.

Players are on site at Target Center as Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks get ready for action in NBA.

We are 30 minutes away from tip-off at Target Center, where the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Dallas Mavericks tonight. Minnesota comes in with an 8-3 record, while Dallas arrives at 7-4 after the first stretch of the season. The game in Minneapolis airs nationally on NBA TV.

Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves meet at Target Center in Minneapolis, with national television coverage on NBA TV.

Star power headlines tonight's matchup between Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center.

Minnesota Timberwolves statistical leaders: LaMelo Ball (18.3 points) and LaMelo Ball (6.0 assists).

Dallas Mavericks statistical leaders: Cooper Flagg (25.9 points) and Cooper Flagg (6.9 assists).

Here is the latest pregame availability and injury report ahead of Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center (NBA TV).

Minnesota Timberwolves injury report: Anthony Edwards (G) - Out; Donte DiVincenzo (G) - Out.

Dallas Mavericks injury report: Dereck Lively II (C) - Out; Tarik Biberovic (F) - Out; Sergio de Larrea (F) - Out; Morez Johnson Jr. (F) - Day-To-Day.

Remarkable statistical quirk across Minnesota's four-game win streak: the Timberwolves scored 112 vs Milwaukee, 117 at Houston, 115 at New Orleans, and 115 vs Utah.

Zero wild variance-just four straight nights between 112 and 117 points paired with suffocating fourth-quarter defense.