Timberwolves 98-97 Cavaliers (26 Dec, 2010) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

7-24, 2-17 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	17	34	19	28	98
CLE	28	21	24	24	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

8-22, 5-9 home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love
Michael BeasleyM. Beasley
Wesley JohnsonW. Johnson
Darko MilicicD. Milicic
Luke RidnourL. Ridnour
bench
Anthony TolliverA. Tolliver
Corey BrewerC. Brewer
Martell WebsterM. Webster
Lazar HaywardL. Hayward
Kosta KoufosK. Koufos
Nikola PekovicN. Pekovic
Sebastian TelfairS. Telfair
Jonny FlynnJ. Flynn
Sundiata GainesS. Gaines
Wayne EllingtonW. Ellington
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	4-9	2-3	6-6	6	12	18	1	2	0	4	3	-3	16
42	10-25	2-2	6-6	3	3	6	1	1	0	1	4	+9	28
23	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	-8	3
18	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	-6	4
28	7-12	5-5	4-4	0	5	5	6	1	0	1	2	+6	23
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
15	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	+2	2
32	3-12	1-6	1-2	0	3	3	0	2	2	2	3	+5	8
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	-2	2
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
20	4-11	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	-5	11
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	4	4	0	1	1	1	1	+7	1
	33-85	12-23	20-22	11	37	48	15	9	4	13	19		98
	38.8%	52.2%	90.9%

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Antawn JamisonA. Jamison
Jamario MoonJ. Moon
Anderson VarejaoA. Varejao
Mo WilliamsM. Williams
Anthony ParkerA. Parker
bench
Leon PoweL. Powe
Samardo SamuelsS. Samuels
Joey GrahamJ. Graham
Jawad WilliamsJ. Williams
Christian EyengaC. Eyenga
Ryan HollinsR. Hollins
JJ HicksonJ. Hickson
Manny HarrisM. Harris
Daniel GibsonD. Gibson
Ramon SessionsR. Sessions
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	10-21	2-3	2-4	1	5	6	2	0	1	3	2	+2	24
25	2-8	0-5	0-0	2	4	6	3	1	1	0	1	+6	4
42	3-6	0-0	0-2	3	9	12	2	2	0	1	3	+2	6
39	6-16	2-3	3-3	1	4	5	11	1	1	5	3	+7	17
39	9-18	3-9	0-0	1	6	7	7	1	0	3	1	-6	21
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	3-6	3-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-9	9
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	-6	0
12	5-9	0-0	1-2	0	5	5	0	0	0	3	2	0	11
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
18	2-3	0-1	1-2	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	0	-1	5
	40-87	10-26	7-13	9	36	45	30	5	4	17	15		97
	46.0%	38.5%	53.8%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-0

Cavaliers
95
Timberwolves
129

Game 1

5/12

Timberwolves
98
Cavaliers
97

Game 2

26/12

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

11:00 PM, 26 December 2010

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Bill Spooner
Tony Brothers
Kevin Cutler

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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