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Minnesota Timberwolves @ Dallas Mavericks

Present Information: Minnesota 14-14, Dallas 19-10

How To Watch

• When: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. ET
• The place: American Airways Heart — Dallas, Texas
• TV: ABC
• Comply with: CBS Sports activities App
• On-line streaming: fuboTV (Attempt without spending a dime. Regional restrictions could apply.)
• Ticket Price: $84.43

What to Know

The Minnesota Timberwolves will wrap up 2024 with a highway journey to face off towards the Dallas Mavericks at 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday at American Airways Heart. Coming off a loss in a recreation the Timberwolves had been anticipated to win, they now face the extra daunting activity of proving themselves towards unfavorable odds.

The Timberwolves are headed into Wednesday’s recreation on the lookout for an enormous change in momentum after dropping their third straight recreation on Monday. They took a 117-104 hit to the loss column by the hands of the Hawks.

Though they misplaced, the Timberwolves had been working as a unit and completed the sport with 31 assists. That robust efficiency was nothing new for the workforce: they’ve now posted a minimum of 26 assists in 4 consecutive matchups.

In the meantime, the Mavericks made straightforward work of the Path Blazers on Monday and carried off a 132-108 victory. With that win, Dallas introduced their scoring common as much as 118.8 factors per recreation.

The Mavericks’ success was the results of a balanced assault that noticed a number of gamers step up, however Daniel Gafford led the cost by as he made all 7 photographs he took racking up 23 factors plus 5 rebounds. One other participant making a distinction was Luka Doncic, who earned 27 factors plus seven assists and 7 rebounds.

Minnesota’s defeat dropped their document right down to 14-14. As for Dallas, they’re on a roll recently: they’ve gained ten of their final 12 matches, which supplied a pleasant bump to their 19-10 document this season.

Whereas solely the Timberwolves took care of their followers the final time they performed, neither workforce managed to cowl. Trying forward, the Mavericks are the favourite on this one, because the specialists anticipate to see them win by 5.5 factors. They may be value a fast wager since they’re sitting on a six recreation streak of masking the unfold when taking part in because the favorites at dwelling.

The Timberwolves got here up quick towards the Mavericks of their earlier matchup again in October, falling 120-114. Can the Timberwolves avenge their loss or is historical past doomed to repeat itself? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient.

Odds

Dallas is a strong 5.5-point favourite towards Minnesota, in line with the newest NBA odds.

The road has drifted a bit in direction of the Mavericks, as the sport opened with the Mavericks as a 3.5-point favourite.

The over/underneath is 221 factors.

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Collection Historical past

Dallas has gained 6 out of their final 10 video games towards Minnesota.

• Oct 29, 2024 – Dallas 120 vs. Minnesota 114
• Could 30, 2024 – Dallas 124 vs. Minnesota 103
• Could 28, 2024 – Minnesota 105 vs. Dallas 100
• Could 26, 2024 – Dallas 116 vs. Minnesota 107
• Could 24, 2024 – Dallas 109 vs. Minnesota 108
• Could 22, 2024 – Dallas 108 vs. Minnesota 105
• Jan 31, 2024 – Minnesota 121 vs. Dallas 87
• Jan 07, 2024 – Dallas 115 vs. Minnesota 108
• Dec 28, 2023 – Minnesota 118 vs. Dallas 110
• Dec 14, 2023 – Minnesota 119 vs. Dallas 101