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Cleveland Cavaliers at Minnesota Timberwolves

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21-18, 8-9 Away
Final
122 - 131

25-13, 14-6 Home
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T-wolves beat Cavaliers 131-122 behind Randle's 28 points, set season highs for shooting percentages

Donovan Mitchell gets the basket plus the foul

Anthony Edwards added 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds while becoming the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points, following LeBron James and Kevin Durant. Edwards, who is 24 years and 156 days old, hit the five-digit mark with a 13-foot fadeaway jumper midway through the fourth quarter. Only seven players ever have hit the five-digit mark before 25.

Randle scored 13 points in the third quarter as the Timberwolves built a 20-point lead while outscoring the Cavaliers 43-22 to match the team's season high for points in any period. Jaden McDaniels had 26 points on 11-for-14 shooting, and Donte DiVincenzo went 6 for 10 from 3-point range to finish with 22 points as Minnesota fended off a late Cavaliers surge.

The Timberwolves (25-13) improved to 15-5 since Thanksgiving Day, the best record in the NBA over that span. They started the game on a 17-5 run and finished with season highs in field goal shooting (51 for 89, 57%) and 3-point shooting (20 for 38, 53%) percentages.

Sam Merrill had 11 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, hitting a 3-pointer with 2:56 left for Cleveland that cut the deficit to four. Donovan Mitchell had 30 points and eight assists for the Cavaliers (21-18), who played without forward Dean Wade after he left their previous game with a bruised left knee.

The Timberwolves held a pregame moment of silence for Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was fatally shot in her car on Wednesday by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

Up next The Cavaliers and Timberwolves finish their two-game season series with the rematch in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 122 - 131
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 122 - 131
4th 10.2 Julius Randle defensive rebound 122 - 131
4th 13.4 Sam Merrill misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot 122 - 131
4th 18.5 Jaden McDaniels makes running dunk (Anthony Edwards assists) 122 - 131

Statistics

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48-91 FG 51-89
53 Field Goal % 57
11-33 3PT 20-38
33 Three Point % 53
15-21 FT 9-17
71 Free Throw % 53
38 Rebounds 45
9 Offensive Rebounds 10
29 Defensive Rebounds 35
31 Assists 33
9 Steals 8
2 Blocks 2
12 Turnovers 17
1 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 17
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 24
22 Fast Break Points 20
66 Points in Paint 50
17 Fouls 21
9 Largest Lead 20
4 Lead Changes 4
27 Percent Led 72
Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Terrence Shannon Jr., G Out Jan 19
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sam Merrill, G Out Jan 22
Darius Garland, G Out Jan 18
Max Strus, G Out Jan 6

Game Information

Target Center

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 17,274 · Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 32 10 .762 - W4
Cleveland 25 20 .556 8.5 W1
Chicago 22 22 .500 11 W3
Milwaukee 18 25 .419 14.5 L1
Indiana 10 35 .222 23.5 L3

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City - 8 W2 0.82222223 37
Denver 7 15 W1 0.6666667 30
Minnesota 10 18 L4 0.6 27
Portland 14 22 W4 0.51111114 23
Utah 22 30 L1 0.33333334 15
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