Dallas slowed down the game, made it a little boring, but got the all-important win with their depleted roster.
The Mavericks won their fourth-straight game on Sunday, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 88-78 as their last gasp playoff push builds more and more life. Once again, Dallas reverted to anaconda tendencies, strangling and suffocating the Timberwolves with a slow, deliberate pace that used fewer possessions and thus had less room for error. Once again, the Mavericks picked up a crucial win that will be huge in the final week of the season when Dallas tries to sneak into the bottom of the Western Conference playoffs.