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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 30 | 24 | 41 | 28 | 123 |
 Timberwolves | 32 | 39 | 33 | 27 | 131 |
CLETeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 45-9348.4% | 8-2334.8% | 25-2986.2% | 43 | 26 | 14 |
| MIN | 44-8750.6% | 10-2540.0% | 33-3594.3% | 40 | 28 | 13 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Minnesota Timberwolves131| 37 | 22 | 8-21 | 1-5 | 5-5 | 0 | −1 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 33 | 10-12 | 1-1 | 0 | 12-12 | −3 | +18.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 12 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | −4.4 | |||||||
| 31 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.4 | |||||
| 28 | 13 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.2 | ||||||
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| 23 | 12 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +20 | +5.5 | |||||
| 20 | 11 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +0.1 | |||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +1.1 | ||
| 13 | 11 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.9 | ||||||
| Team | 131 | 44-8750.6% | 10-2540.0% | 40 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 33-3594.3% | 9 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 42 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Keita Bates-Diop, Luol Deng, James Nunnally and Josh Okogie (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers123| 39 | 25 | 6-19 | 3-7 | 10-10 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 22, Career high (his best before, 18) | 9-17 | 4-7, Career high (his best before, 2) | 0-2 | 0 | +8 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 29 | 10 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.8 | ||||||
| 25 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 19 | 8-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | −8 | +1.4 | ||||||||
| 23 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +1.5 | ||||
| 11 | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −7 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | −13 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.8 | ||
| Team | 123 | 45-9348.4% | 8-2334.8% | 43 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 25-2986.2% | 13 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 45 points on 17 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Channing Frye and David Nwaba (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves131Cavaliers123ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jimmy Butler III scored 33 points (15 in the fourth quarter), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 131-123 in their home opener at Target Center.
The Timberwolves took control with a 33-13 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 21.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Cavaliers 6-0. Butler scored 4 of the Timberwolves’ 6 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Andrew Wiggins had 22 points (9 in the first quarter) and 3 steals. Butler scored 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Cavaliers, Kevin Love had 25 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists but shot 6 for 19, and Cedi Osman added a career-high 22 points and 8 assists.
The Timberwolves shot 50.6% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 48.4% and 34.8%. The Timberwolves outscored the Cavaliers 27-17 in 8 minutes with Tolliver, Rose, Butler, Dieng and Jones on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesCleveland CavaliersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 87 shots: 6.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-33 | 66.7% | 63% |
| In the paint | 6-11 | 54.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-18 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-7 | 14.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-18 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 32 | 6 | 2-3 | −3 |
| George Hill | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Sam Dekker | 10 | 6 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Kevin Love | 5 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 13 | 4-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Hood | 36 | 9 | 3-5 | 0 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Cedi Osman | 11 | 9 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Kevin Love | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 2 | 1-7 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Love | 37 | 4 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Tristan Thompson | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Rodney Hood | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| George Hill | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Dieng 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Butler 3 AST)
Q4 9:31
13.6%
77→91
Sexton 22' Step Back Jump Shot (6 PTS)
Q4 10:03
9.8%
92→82
Dieng 1' Dunk (6 PTS) (Jones 3 AST)
Q3 0:30
9.8%
82→92
Thompson 3' Layup (6 PTS) (Osman 5 AST)
Q1 5:16
9.6%
43→34
Sexton 2' Driving Layup (14 PTS)
Q4 4:03
9.2%
86→77
