Although they barely had enough time to get to know two of their new teammates, the Dallas Mavericks took a business-like approach to the court during Tuesday’s 114-102 triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Down eight players for various reasons, the Mavs (15-15) used some key baskets from Jalen Brunson and Dorian Finney-Smith combined with the energy from newcomers Theo Pinson and Marquese Chriss and went on to zoom past the Timberwolves and into eighth place in the Western Conference standings.
Brunson collected 28 points, six assists and three steals, and Finney-Smith added 19 points, six rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals as the Mavs exacted revenge on a Timberwolves’ squad that just beat them in Minnesota, 111-105, this past Sunday.