Dallas Mavericks 125, Minnesota Timberwolves 117  at Dallas  (December 15)

             1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas        25  32  33  35 -  125   .525  .524  .525  .857
Minnesota     27  33  22  35 -  117   .537  .444  .527  .810

Halftime: Minnesota 60-57
3rd Q: Dallas 90-82
Technicals: Eduardo Najera 10:13 4th, Anthony Peeler 8:47 4th
Refs: Derrick Stafford, Tommy Nunez, Leroy Richardson
Attendance: 19,485  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Shawn Bradley (sprained ankle)


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Juwan Howard           43   6-10    0-0     7-8    19  2-6   0  4  3   0   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          44   7-15    2-4     5-7    21  1-15  6  1  2   1   0 
Evan Eschmeyer         19   0-4     0-0     2-2     2  2-4   1  1  3   0   0 
Steve Nash             38   9-17    3-7     4-4    25  1-5   7  4  2   0   0 
Michael Finley         46  10-18    3-5     7-8    30  0-2   6  2  1   0   0 
Eduardo Najera         16   3-4     0-0     4-4    10  2-4   1  0  4   1   1 
Tim Hardaway           21   6-10    3-5     1-2    16  0-2   6  0  3   0   0 
Adrian Griffin         13   1-2     0-0     0-0     2  1-2   1  0  2   2   1 
Totals                 48  42-80   11-21   30-35  125  9-40 28 12 20   4   2 

Minnesota Timberwolves                                 REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Kevin Garnett          40   8-13    0-1     7-8    23  1-5   5  2  3   0   2 
Joe Smith              34   6-10    0-0     3-4    15  6-13  1  1  2   2   1 
Radoslav Nesterovic    22   6-11    0-0     0-0    12  2-6   1  2  3   0   1 
Terrell Brandon        34   4-16    0-0     0-0     8  2-5   8  1  4   2   0 
Wally Szczerbiak       45  10-15    2-4     5-7    27  2-5   5  1  5   1   0 
Chauncey Billups       14   2-5     1-2     1-1     6  0-1   6  1  4   0   0 
Gary Trent             25   6-11    0-0     1-1    13  0-5   1  1  2   0   0 
Sam Mitchell            5   1-1     0-0     0-0     2  0-1   0  0  0   0   0 
Anthony Peeler         21   5-9     1-2     0-0    11  0-0   1  1  3   0   0 
Totals                 48  48-91    4-9    17-21  117 13-41 28 11 26   5   4