Minnesota kept rolling without injured star Anthony Edwards, routing the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center on Thursday. The Timberwolves broke the game open after halftime and ended Dallas' three-game winning streak.

The Minnesota Timberwolves keep winning without Anthony Edwards. Their rout of the Dallas Mavericks in Minneapolis was their widest winning margin of the 2026-27 campaign. Their previous best this season was 25 points.

Edwards, a four-time All-Star, had a right knee arthroscopic debridement on Oct. 29. He has played only four games this season.

Hyland’s bench scoring led the way. Ball hit six 3-pointers, and his nine assists were his most of the season. Ayo Dosunmu scored 18 points and Jaden McDaniels added 16. Jonathan Kuminga had 14 points and eight rebounds.

The game was close only early. Minnesota took the first quarter 34-26 and won the second 33-26. It opened the second half on a 17-4 run. Ball capped the run with an alley-oop to Rudy Gobert that made it 84-56. Minnesota won the third quarter 36-17. Its lead reached 44 points in the fourth quarter, the biggest it has held all season.

Minnesota’s defense shut down Flagg and the Dallas offense

Dallas arrived with three straight wins, including a 125-122 victory over Indiana. Flagg scored 43 points against the Pacers. Dallas scored its fewest points of the season against a Minnesota team ranked No. 1 in the NBA on defense, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Coach Dusty May took Kyrie Irving out for good with 2:34 left in the third quarter. He pulled Flagg a minute later, with Dallas trailing by 34.

One positive for Dallas came from Zaccharie Risacher. He went 4-of-8 from 3-point range. He had shot 25 percent from deep in his first 10 games. That was well below his 36 percent mark over two seasons with Atlanta. Before this game, he had made just 1 of 10 3-point attempts in November.

The loss dropped Dallas to 7-5. The Mavericks are 10th in the Western Conference and fourth in the Southwest Division. Minnesota has now beaten them seven straight times.

The Timberwolves’ streak rests on steady margins

Minnesota’s run started after a 121-111 loss at San Antonio on Nov. 1. It then beat Milwaukee 112-100 and won 117-107 at Houston. A 115-109 win at New Orleans followed. Utah fell 115-100 on Nov. 9. Thursday’s rout dwarfed all of those margins.

The win was the second game of an eight-game Timberwolves homestand. Minnesota hosts the Chicago Bulls at Target Center on Sunday, Nov. 15.

Dallas faces a tougher road. Thursday’s game opened a three-game trip. The Mavericks visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, Nov. 15. The trip ends in Boston against the Celtics, who were 10-2 when it began.