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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season

What does Timberwolves vs Mavericks change in the NBA playoff race?

Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves

5-3

3:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

4-3

Sun, Apr 4, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET (Apr 5, 04:00 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas

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What's at stake

Current standings (104 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Timberwolves win

9 more teams

Mavericks win

9 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
TimberwolvesWest #7 · 5-3---
MavericksWest #9 · 4-3---

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-10 (play-in) finish (top-6 magic: a direct berth); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team. How we calculate →

Season series

Meeting 3 of 3 this season

Timberwolves 0Mavericks 0

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Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Timberwolves

  • Donte DiVincenzoOut
  • Anthony EdwardsOut
  • Terrence Shannon Jr.Out

Mavericks

  • Santi AldamaOut
  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut
  • Kyrie IrvingOut
  • Max ChristieDay-To-Day

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.