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Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/20/26

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Mavericks vs Timberwolves Pickswise Expert Predictions

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MIN Timberwolves -13.0(-105)

The latest news coming out of Dallas is that Kyrie Irving will miss the remainder of the season as he focuses on recovering from his ACL injury for next year. The move makes perfect sense for the Mavs, who are looking to develop their younger players instead of trying to win now. They went into the break on a 9-game losing streak. Friday sees them take on the Minnesota Timberwolves with Cooper Flagg being ruled out with a foot issue. Flagg was the only thing that made watching Mavs games worthwhile during this losing streak, as he was putting up some crazy numbers from an individual standpoint. With him out, it’s hard to imagine Dallas being competitive. Four of its last 5 defeats have been by double-digits.

Back-to-back wins over Atlanta and Portland eased a bit of pressure off the Timberwolves going into all-star weekend, but Anthony Edwards and company cannot relax if they want to remain in one of the top 6 seeds in the Western Conference. Getting Ayo Dosunmu was a really solid move as they added another elite shooter who can contribute on the defensive end, as well. Anthony Edwards shined in LA over the weekend, winning the All-Star Game MVP trophy. If he can carry over that momentum into the regular season, the Timberwolves will be in good hands. In their last 9 games when favored, the T-Wolves have 6 wins and just 3 losses.

Dallas has been a disaster over the last 9 games, especially on offense. The Mavs have connected on just 7, 5, 9 and 3 threes in 4 of those 9 games. Without Flagg the offense will struggle even more, and they have covered the spread only twice in 15 road games. We just saw the Timberwolves beat the Blazers and Hawks by 24 and 22 points, respectively — 2 teams that are battling for the play-in tournament. They should handle their business against a shorthanded tanking Dallas Mavericks team.

Mavericks vs Timberwolves prediction: Minnesota -13 (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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The Timberwolves have won 5 of their last 7 games against the Mavericks.

Point Spread

The Timberwolves have failed to cover in 21 of their 36 matchups against Western Conference teams this season.

Game Totals

The Under is 32-21 in the Mavericks' road games and the Timberwolves' home games combined this season.

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