Minnesota Timberwolves @ Cleveland Cavaliers

34-23, 12-17 Away

138

34-23, 12-17 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Timberwolves MIN	29	37	33	30	9	138
Cavaliers CLE	31	33	37	28	11	140

Cleveland CavaliersCavaliersCLE

31-22, 20-7 Home

140

31-22, 20-7 Home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Taj GibsonT. Gibson#67
Jimmy Butler IIIJ. Butler III#23
Andrew WigginsA. Wiggins#22
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Jeff TeagueJ. Teague#0
bench
Nemanja BjelicaN. Bjelica#8
Gorgui DiengG. Dieng#5
Jamal CrawfordJ. Crawford#11
Tyus JonesT. Jones#1
Shabazz MuhammadS. Muhammad#15
Cole AldrichC. Aldrich#45
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks#30
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	9	4-8	0-0	1-1	5	2	0	0	2	2	3	1	+4
46	35	14-21	4-5	3-3	5	6	2	2	0	0	5	2	+1
40	19	7-13	4-8	1-2	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	+7
37	30	10-12	6-6	4-4	10	1	3	1	2	1	9	2	+1
39	14	6-12	2-4	0-0	3	15	1	1	0	0	3	4	+2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2	-6
16	10	4-7	0-0	2-2	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	3	-3
20	16	7-13	2-5	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-12
14	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	138	54-93	19-33	11-12	35	4	1	11	19	4	31	1
		92%	58%	58%

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Jae CrowderJ. Crowder#99
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Tristan ThompsonT. Thompson#13
JR SmithJ. Smith#5
Isaiah ThomasI. Thomas#3
bench
Channing FryeC. Frye#8
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Cedi OsmanC. Osman#16
Derrick RoseD. Rose#1
Kyle KorverK. Korver#26
Ante ZizicA. Zizic#41
Jose CalderonJ. Calderon#81
John HollandJ. Holland#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	10	3-5	1-2	3-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	4	-2
48	37	16-22	5-7	0-2	10	15	5	1	1	1	9	3	-1
29	17	7-9	0-0	3-5	5	2	0	1	0	2	3	1	-4
36	20	7-14	6-11	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
31	13	4-8	3-5	2-2	3	7	3	0	0	0	3	1	-6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	4	2-9	0-6	0-0	6	0	2	1	0	1	5	1	0
29	13	4-6	0-0	5-6	6	2	2	0	0	1	5	3	+6
21	9	3-5	2-4	1-2	4	0	2	1	0	1	3	3	+7
7	3	1-3	0-0	1-2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
19	14	5-7	4-6	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	+7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	140	52-88	21-41	15-23	41	1	1	15	21	7	34	0
		65%	51%	51%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

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Matchups

MIN

Season tied

1-1

CLE

127

Game 1@ MIN

Final

138

Game 2@ CLE

Final/OT

140

Game Information

Cleveland, OH

Referee:Mike Callahan

Referee:Nick Buchert

Referee:Gediminas Petraitis

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	60	22	.732	-	W3
Cleveland	52	30	.634	8	W1
Milwaukee	32	50	.390	28	L1
Chicago	31	51	.378	29	L2
Indiana	19	63	.232	41	L2

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