Bones Hyland scored 24 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Dallas Mavericks 133-94 for their fifth straight win.
The Timberwolves led by as many as 44, pulling away with a 30-7 run bridging the second and third quarters.
LaMelo Ball had 22 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) and 9 assists. Ball assisted on 5 of Jonathan Kuminga’s 6 baskets. Ball went 2 for 4 on pull-up 3-pointers. Pull-up 3-pointers have been 17% of his shots since 2022-23, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 33.7% of them (the league: 33.6%).
For the Mavericks, Zaccharie Risacher scored 22 points on 9 for 14 shooting off the bench.
The Timberwolves shot 57.8% from the field and 46.9% from 3 to the Mavericks’ 37.2% and 27.1%. They took 47 of their 90 shots at the rim (52%), the highest share of their season. They had averaged 30%. They outscored the Mavericks 74-42 in the paint. The Timberwolves’ starters outscored the Mavericks 37-22 in 12 minutes together.