The Timberwolves are coming into this game down 2-0 in the series but both of the losses were in very close games. They lost game 1 at home by just 3 points and game 2 was even closer as they lost by 1 point. They had a great 1st half in game 2 as they jumped out to a big lead, but they blew the lead to lose by 1 point and now they have their backs against the wall here. The Timberwolves are going to get up for this game as they do not want to go down 3-0 in this series and winning on the road is no big deal to them as they won both of the road games in their 1st series against the Suns and they won 3 of the 4 road games in their last series against the Nuggets, winning 5 of the 6 road games they have played in the playoffs this season. They are going up against a Mavericks team that has won their last 4 straight games now and they have been very good at home in the playoffs so far, but the Timberwolves actually split the 2 games in Dallas this season and they also won 3 of the 4 meetings against the Mavericks so they know how to beat this team. The Timberwolves have already seen some adversity in these playoffs as they swept the Suns in the 1st round but played a 7 game series in the last round against the defending champions, and they found a way to collect themselves in that series when they were down 3-2 after taking a 2-0 lead in Denver. This Timberwolves team is not going to be intimidated in any way for this game as they are going to be hungry to get both of those games back. The Timberwolves are going to cover the spread in this game.