DALLAS – There were air balls. Lots of them. At times, the Timberwolves offense looked so dysfunctional it needed a therapist.
Against another non-playoff team, with everything on the line, the Timberwolves came out with their worst first quarter of the season, were still shooting under 35 percent at halftime.
But Dallas was worse. And the Wolves got better.
And so Friday night, against the Mavericks at American Airlines Center, the Wolves (44-33) won 93-92. On a night where, with all the games being played around the country, the NBA’s Western Conference race was in mighty flux, the Wolves played just well enough to win for the second straight time and the fourth time in six games.