Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch calls them 3-minute games.

In this case, he was off by 38 seconds.

P.J. Washington broke a late tie with a 3-pointer, Daniel Gafford made big plays at both ends of the court down the stretch and the Dallas Mavericks outdueled the visiting Timberwolves for a 116-107 victory in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals to go up 3-0 in the best-of-seven series on Sunday night.