DALLAS (AP) — Jaden McDaniels scored a career-high 27 points, including the clinching free throw with 3 seconds to play, and Anthony Edwards added 21 as the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 115-114. McDaniels hit 1 of 2 free throws to give the Wolves a four-point lead and Kyrie Irving hit a running 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Mavs. Irving scored 36 points and P.J. Washington Jr. added a season-high 30 points for the Mavericks, who are 4-11 since superstar Luka Doncic was sidelined with a calf strain early in their Christmas Day loss to the Wolves.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA and multiple college basketball conferences postponed games in response to winter weather that broke snowfall records in some southern states and coated others with a mix of snow and ice. Wednesday night’s NBA contest between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans was called off a day after the storm dumped about a foot of snow in New Orleans. LSU’s fifth-ranked women’s basketball team was unable to fly on Wednesday to South Carolina. So the Southeastern Conference chose to postpone the Tigers’ game at the No. 2 Gamecocks from Thursday until Friday evening. The Sun Belt conference also changed tip-off times for four men’s basketball games.
Milwaukee looks to extend its four-game win streak with a victory over Miami. The teams match up Thursday for the first time this season. Milwaukee is 20-15 against the Eastern Conference, and Miami is 11-11 against conference opponents.
Pregame at 6pm. Tipoff at 6:30pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Syla Swords scored 23 points, eight in the fourth quarter, and No. 24 Michigan edged No. 23 Minnesota 70-65. Olivia Olson, a freshman from New Hope, Minnesota, added 19 points for the Wolverines, including a jumper to open the fourth quarter that gave them a 55-53 lead. Swords followed that with a 3-pointer and the defense held the Golden Gophers to 4-of-15 shooting. Amaya Battle scored 25 points for the Golden Gophers, who were 11-0 at home. Stewart had 13 points on 4-of-4 shooting and Battle 12 on 5-of-6 shooting as the Golden Gophers scored the last nine points of the second quarter to lead 37-33 at the half. Early in the third quarter, Mila Holloway had consecutive 3s, Olson hit a jumper and Swords had a 3 and Michigan surged ahead 46-39.