The Dallas Mavericks carry a three-game winning streak into Thursday night’s meeting with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and they do it with a sharper edge than they had a week ago. Dallas, which improved to 7-4 after beating the Indiana Pacers on Monday, meets an 8-3 Minnesota team at the Target Center in Minneapolis just after 7:00 p.m. CT.
The matchup is drawing attention because it puts two teams in form on the same floor at the same time. Minnesota has won four straight and has done it without Anthony Edwards, who has been out since arthroscopic knee surgery on October 29th. Edwards, who was averaging over 33 points per game before the injury, has left a scoring hole, but the Timberwolves have still managed to win five of six in his absence.
That makes Thursday less about a simple standings check and more about whether Dallas can keep its own run intact against a team that has been hard to shake lately. The Mavericks have won three in a row after back-to-back losses against the Kings and Spurs, and they have at least one young player trending the right way in Cooper Flagg, who has gone six for his last eleven from long range over the last two games and has shot over 60% from the floor in both of those contests.
For Dallas, the setting matters as much as the streak. The Mavericks are trying to solve a Minnesota team that has been winning even without its best scorer, and the last time Dallas broke through in this matchup feels distant enough that the gap itself has become part of the story. One team arrives with momentum. The other has shown it can keep winning through a major absence. Thursday night will tell which run looks more real.
KFAA Channel 29 or the Mavs TV app is scheduled to carry the game locally, NBA TV is set to broadcast it outside Dallas, and KRLD 105.3 The Fan will air the radio call.
