Game 3 Dallas Mavericks 115, Minnesota Timberwolves 102 at Minnesota (April 28) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Dallas 40 27 30 18 - 115 .407 .542 .449 .914 Minnesota 28 29 22 23 - 102 .421 .471 .432 .682 Halftime: Dallas 67-57 3rd Q: Dallas 97-79 Technicals: Minnesota defensive 3 seconds 9:28 1st, Minnesota defensive 3 seconds 0:33 1st, Flip Saunders 9:54 2nd, Steve Nash 6:55 2nd Flagrant fouls: Gary Trent 8:37 2nd Refs: Bill Spooner, Dick Bavetta, Jess Kersey Attendance: 18,795 (cap 19,006) Did not play due to injury: Adrian Griffin (back spasms) Dallas Mavericks REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Eduardo Najera 29 3-4 0-0 0-0 6 1-2 0 0 5 2 0 Dirk Nowitzki 43 11-17 3-3 14-16 39 3-17 0 3 5 3 0 Raef LaFrentz 17 2-2 2-2 0-0 6 0-1 1 0 6 0 1 Michael Finley 48 9-17 4-6 8-9 30 0-9 2 4 4 2 0 Steve Nash 41 6-16 3-7 10-10 25 2-4 11 4 3 0 0 Greg Buckner 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2-3 0 0 3 0 0 Nick Van_Exel 28 1-13 1-4 0-0 3 0-2 2 2 2 1 0 Wang Zhizhi 11 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0-1 2 0 2 0 0 Shawn Bradley 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 48 35-78 13-24 32-35 115 9-40 18 17 30 8 2 Minnesota Timberwolves REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Kevin Garnett 40 9-19 0-0 4-9 22 5-17 5 6 5 2 0 Joe Smith 18 1-2 0-0 3-4 5 2-4 0 0 2 0 0 Radoslav Nesterovic 21 3-6 0-0 3-4 9 1-3 2 0 4 0 0 Wally Szczerbiak 41 5-12 1-3 9-10 20 2-6 3 3 3 2 0 Chauncey Billups 44 5-16 2-6 4-7 16 0-6 4 3 5 1 0 Sam Mitchell 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Peeler 37 6-13 4-7 4-6 20 0-5 2 2 2 3 0 Gary Trent 22 2-3 0-0 2-2 6 1-3 0 1 3 0 0 Felipe Lopez 10 1-2 1-1 1-2 4 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 Robert Pack 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 Marc Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 48 32-74 8-17 30-44 102 11-44 16 16 30 9 0