Minnesota tops Dallas, sweeps 2-game set in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Karl-Anthony Towns and Naz Reid each and every scored 14 issues, and the Minnesota Timberwolves crowned the Dallas Mavericks 104-96 on Saturday to finish a two-game sweep of the NBA Abu Dhabi Games.

Anthony Edwards, who ignored the primary recreation on Thursday with an ankle factor, scored 13 for Minnesota.

Luka Doncic had 18 issues, six assists and 5 rebounds in 19 mins for Dallas, which used to be with out Kyrie Irving (left groin), Seth Curry (sickness) and Markieff Morris (left ankle).

Jaden Hardy led the Mavericks with 22 issues and 8 rebounds in a recreation the place nearly all of starters didn’t seem in the second one part.

Dallas by no means led in Thursday’s preseason opener; it had the lead best 3 times on Saturday — 3-0, 6-5 and 13-11. Those stints with the lead had been all short-lived, lasting a mixed 2:13 and all coming in the sport’s opening six mins.

Other than that, Minnesota — driving the energy of a 27-7 run over a 10-minute stretch of the primary part — used to be up the entire approach. Dallas were given inside two in the fourth, with each groups deep into their benches at that time.

The Mavericks now head to Spain the place they’ll play Real Madrid — Doncic’s former group — on Tuesday.

Doncic signed with Real Madrid when he used to be 13 and went directly to grow to be the youngest EuroLeague and EuroLeague Final Four MVP when he led the membership to that identify as a 19-year-old in 2018.

Minnesota doesn’t play once more till Oct. 14 at New York.

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