Game 1, First Round Dallas Mavericks 101, Minnesota Timberwolves at Dallas (April 21) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Dallas 22 28 23 28 - 101 .492 .304 .440 .870 Minnesota 31 16 26 21 - 94 .416 .308 .400 .783 Halftime: Dallas 50-47 3rd Q: 73-73 Technicals: Minnesota defensive 3 seconds 6:16 1st, Dallas defensive 3 seconds 6:01 1st, Don Nelson 7:21 2nd, Dirk Nowitzki 10:51 3rd Refs: Hue Hollins, Joey Crawford, Ted Bernhardt Attendance: 20,010 (sellout) Dallas Mavericks REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Eduardo Najera 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 0-3 1 1 3 1 0 Dirk Nowitzki 44 10-19 1-3 9-10 30 1-15 0 3 3 2 3 Raef LaFrentz 29 4-9 1-3 1-2 10 0-4 0 0 5 0 5 Michael Finley 45 7-14 0-2 2-2 16 0-3 1 2 2 3 0 Steve Nash 42 7-19 2-5 5-5 21 0-5 6 1 2 0 0 Evan Eschmeyer 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 Adrian Griffin 10 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 0-2 1 1 2 0 0 Nick Van_Exel 36 6-13 3-9 3-4 18 0-3 7 0 3 1 0 Wang Zhizhi 6 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 48 37-84 7-23 20-23 101 4-39 17 9 21 7 10 Minnesota Timberwolves REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Kevin Garnett 44 6-18 1-1 6-6 19 7-21 6 3 3 1 2 Sam Mitchell 19 2-5 0-0 2-2 6 0-1 2 0 4 1 0 Radoslav Nesterovic 40 8-18 0-0 0-3 16 3-9 0 3 3 1 0 Chauncey Billups 44 8-16 1-5 8-9 25 1-6 9 4 6 1 0 Wally Szczerbiak 44 7-15 1-4 0-0 15 3-8 1 2 2 0 0 Gary Trent 11 2-7 0-0 0-1 4 4-4 0 1 3 0 0 Robert Pack 4 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Anthony Peeler 26 3-7 1-2 0-0 7 1-7 0 4 3 1 0 Joe Smith 7 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 Felipe Lopez 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 48 36-90 4-13 18-23 94 20-58 18 19 26 5 2