Cavaliers 93-70 Timberwolves (18 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

21-4, 8-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	24	20	19	30	93
MIN	21	17	18	14	70

Minnesota Timberwolves

4-21, 2-10 home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
B. Wallace
L. James
A. Varejao
M. Williams
D. West
bench
L. Wright
D. Jackson
J. Williams
Z. Ilgauskas
J. Hickson
E. Snow
W. Szczerbiak
S. Pavlovic
D. Gibson
T. Kinsey
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	2	0	3	+9	0
40	14-20	2-6	2-4	0	6	6	3	2	2	0	1	+22	32
34	5-10	0-0	3-5	2	9	11	1	2	0	2	2	+10	13
22	3-8	0-2	0-0	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	5	+4	6
41	9-16	0-2	3-3	0	2	2	5	2	0	1	1	+21	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
7	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-3	0
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	3-3	0-0	1-2	1	4	5	0	0	1	0	1	+16	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	4-8	2-3	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	1	3	1	+6	10
31	2-6	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	+17	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
	40-75	4-17	9-14	7	37	44	16	8	6	10	18		93
	53.3%	23.5%	64.3%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
C. Smith
R. Gomes
A. Jefferson
M. Miller
R. Foye
bench
B. Cardinal
M. Madsen
K. Love
C. Brewer
C. Booth
J. Collins
K. Ollie
S. Telfair
R. McCants
R. Carney
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	4-7	0-0	4-5	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	3	-11	12
35	1-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	3	0	3
39	10-19	0-0	0-1	2	9	11	2	0	1	1	1	-15	20
35	7-12	0-5	0-0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	3	-21	14
36	3-8	0-2	1-2	0	4	4	3	3	0	1	0	-4	7
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	0-4	0-0	0-0	3	2	5	1	0	1	0	2	-18	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	4-7	0-0	4-5	1	2	3	2	2	0	2	1	-21	12
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	0-8	0-4	2-2	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	-25	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29-71	1-14	11-15	7	29	36	11	6	3	13	16		70
	40.8%	7.1%	73.3%

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

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 1-0

Cavaliers
93
Timberwolves
70

Game 1

18/12

Timberwolves
85
Cavaliers
107

Game 2

27/3

Target Center

1:00 AM, 18 December 2008

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 14,899

Referees:
Joe Crawford
David Jones
Mark Ayotte

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Indiana	3	4	.429	4.5	W1
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	7	0	1.000	-	W7
Minnesota	4	3	.571	3	W1
Denver	4	3	.571	3	W2
Portland	3	5	.375	4.5	W1
Utah	1	6	.143	6	W1

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