Mavericks fend off Timberwolves 120-114 in West finals rematch behind Irving's 35 points

Kyrie Irving scored 16 of his 35 points successful nan 3rd quarter, Luka Doncic had a precocious surge to decorativeness pinch 24 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds, and nan Dallas Mavericks held disconnected nan Minnesota Timberwolves 120-114 successful nan first rematch of nan Weste...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kyrie Irving scored 16 of his 35 points successful nan 3rd quarter, Luka Doncic had a precocious surge to decorativeness pinch 24 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds, and nan Dallas Mavericks held disconnected nan Minnesota Timberwolves 120-114 connected Tuesday successful nan first rematch of past season's Western Conference finals.

Anthony Edwards had 24 of his 37 points successful nan first 4th to group a Target Center record, going 7 for 13 from 3-point range. He besides went conscionable 6 for 12 from nan free-throw line.

Doncic put his stamp connected nan crippled pinch a 33-footer pinch 1:04 near to agelong nan lead to 8 points, barking astatine fans arsenic he skipped backmost to nan chair aft a timeout. That was his only make successful 8 tries from down nan arc.

P.J. Washington added 17 points and 8 rebounds for nan Mavericks, who played connected back-to-back nights aft beating Utah 110-102 astatine location connected Monday. Doncic went 5 for 22 from nan level and 1 for 9 from 3-point scope for 15 points against nan Jazz.

Julius Randle had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists for nan Timberwolves.

Mavericks: With Doncic successful a mini-slump, not only did nan Mavericks get a superstar capacity from Irving, nan different half of their starring duo, they were particularly progressive connected defense pinch 12 steals.

Timberwolves: The breathtaking first 4th by Edwards gave measurement to immoderate sloppy stretches. Minnesota had 20 turnovers that led to 25 points for Dallas.

Irving went 6 for 8 from 3-point range, including a swish pinch 2:31 near and Randle tightly guarding him astatine nan apical of nan cardinal aft nan Timberwolves pulled wrong 109-107.

Edwards has five-plus 3-pointers successful each 4 games this season, nan longest streak successful squad history.

The Mavericks big Houston connected Thursday nighttime and nan Timberwolves big Denver connected Friday.

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