Cleveland Cavaliers @ Minnesota Timberwolves
30-21, 10-16 Away
88
30-21, 10-16 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CLE | 24 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 88 |
MIN | 26 | 25 | 15 | 28 | 94 |
27-27, 16-13 Home
94
27-27, 16-13 Home
Shot Chart
- Latrell Sprewell missed 10 ft two point shot.
- Troy Hudson made driving layup.
- Trenton Hassell missed two point shot.
- Kevin Garnett missed 14 ft two point shot.
- Ervin Johnson made layup.
- Ervin Johnson made jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 6 ft jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Kevin Garnett made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Troy Hudson.
- Kevin Garnett made 13 ft two point shot. Assisted by Trenton Hassell.
- Trenton Hassell missed 12 ft two point shot.
- Michael Olowokandi made layup. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Michael Olowokandi missed 9 ft jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made 18 ft jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Michael Olowokandi missed 10 ft jumper.
- Troy Hudson missed 11 ft jumper.
- Michael Olowokandi made layup.
- Kevin Garnett missed layup.
- Kevin Garnett missed layup.
- Kevin Garnett made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Anthony Carter made 31 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 14 ft jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 24 ft three point jumper.
- Michael Olowokandi missed 9 ft jumper.
- Eddie Griffin made 5 ft hook shot.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Eddie Griffin made 13 ft two point shot.
- Fred Hoiberg made layup. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Fred Hoiberg made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Michael Olowokandi.
- Anthony Carter missed 16 ft jumper.
- Eddie Griffin missed driving layup.
- Eddie Griffin made slam dunk. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Eddie Griffin missed 10 ft two point shot.
- Eddie Griffin's 9 ft jumper blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Eddie Griffin missed 27 ft three point jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Troy Hudson missed 34 ft three point jumper.
- Trenton Hassell made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Latrell Sprewell missed jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made 9 ft two point shot. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Troy Hudson missed 18 ft jumper.
- Trenton Hassell made jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Troy Hudson made driving layup.
- Kevin Garnett missed 13 ft two point shot.
- Kevin Garnett missed 11 ft jumper.
- Troy Hudson missed layup.
- Trenton Hassell's layup blocked by Sasha Pavlovic.
- Kevin Garnett made dunk.
- Kevin Garnett missed 12 ft jumper.
- Michael Olowokandi's 9 ft jumper blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
- Kevin Garnett missed 5 ft jumper.
- Michael Olowokandi missed 8 ft jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 15 ft jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made layup. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 13 ft jumper.
- Michael Olowokandi missed layup.
- Wally Szczerbiak made layup. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Anthony Carter missed 57 ft three point jumper.
- Michael Olowokandi missed jumper.
- Fred Hoiberg missed 21 ft jumper.
- Eddie Griffin missed 15 ft two point shot.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed two point shot.
- Fred Hoiberg made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Kevin Garnett missed 20 ft jumper.
- Fred Hoiberg missed 26 ft three point jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed 12 ft jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Anthony Carter.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Kevin Garnett made two point shot. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Kevin Garnett made 8 ft jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Kevin Garnett missed 12 ft jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made layup.
- Troy Hudson missed 25 ft three point jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 20 ft jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made two point shot.
- Eddie Griffin made two point shot. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Drew Gooden made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Jeff McInnis made 12 ft jumper.
- LeBron James missed 21 ft jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made dunk. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made dunk. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Jeff McInnis made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Drew Gooden missed layup.
- LeBron James missed driving layup.
- Sasha Pavlovic made 23 ft jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
- Sasha Pavlovic missed 26 ft three point jumper.
- LeBron James missed 12 ft two point shot.
- Jeff McInnis missed 12 ft jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed two point shot.
- LeBron James missed 20 ft jumper.
- LeBron James made driving layup. Assisted by Sasha Pavlovic.
- Drew Gooden missed 11 ft jumper.
- Drew Gooden's layup blocked by Kevin Garnett.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made dunk. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Sasha Pavlovic.
- Drew Gooden made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Jeff McInnis made 12 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Drew Gooden missed 11 ft hook shot.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed two point shot.
- LeBron James made driving layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
- LeBron James missed 7 ft jumper.
- Eric Snow missed 18 ft jumper.
- LeBron James made 8 ft jumper.
- LeBron James made layup. Assisted by DeSagana Diop.
- Lucious Harris's 6 ft jumper blocked by Eddie Griffin.
- Robert Traylor's layup blocked by Eddie Griffin.
- Lucious Harris missed 24 ft three point jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Drew Gooden missed 16 ft jumper.
- Drew Gooden's layup blocked by Michael Olowokandi.
- Drew Gooden made 11 ft jumper.
- Drew Gooden missed 11 ft jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 6 ft hook shot. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Jeff McInnis missed 26 ft three point jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
- Jeff McInnis made three point jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
- Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Drew Gooden's 7 ft jumper blocked by Kevin Garnett.
- Jeff McInnis missed 11 ft jumper.
- Jeff McInnis made jumper. Assisted by Sasha Pavlovic.
- Jeff McInnis missed 10 ft jumper.
- LeBron James made 21 ft jumper.
- Drew Gooden missed layup.
- LeBron James made two point shot.
- LeBron James missed three point jumper.
- Sasha Pavlovic missed 25 ft three point jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 14 ft two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Drew Gooden's dunk blocked by Kevin Garnett.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 14 ft jumper.
- Sasha Pavlovic missed 20 ft jumper.
- LeBron James made layup.
- LeBron James missed 20 ft jumper.
- Jeff McInnis's 5 ft running jumper blocked by Michael Olowokandi.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed layup.
- LeBron James made 10 ft running jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Jeff McInnis missed 25 ft three point jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made layup. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 19 ft jumper.
- Lucious Harris's 12 ft jumper blocked by Anthony Carter.
- Lucious Harris missed 19 ft jumper.
- LeBron James missed 20 ft jumper.
- LeBron James's 14 ft jumper blocked by Michael Olowokandi.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup blocked by Fred Hoiberg.
- Eric Snow made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Lucious Harris.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup blocked by Fred Hoiberg.
- LeBron James made 25 ft three point jumper.
- Eric Snow missed 17 ft jumper.
- Eric Snow missed 20 ft jumper.
- Robert Traylor's 6 ft jumper blocked by Eddie Griffin.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 11 ft jumper.
- Drew Gooden missed 14 ft jumper.
- Robert Traylor made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
- Jeff McInnis made 19 ft jumper.
- Jeff McInnis made 11 ft running jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 20 ft jumper.
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas's dunk blocked by Eddie Griffin.
- Eric Snow's jumper blocked by Latrell Sprewell.
- LeBron James made driving layup.
- Drew Gooden missed 25 ft three point jumper.
CAVALIERS
TIMBERWOLVES
| TIME | PLAY | CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter. | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Kevin Garnett. Sasha Pavlovic gains possession. | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Drew Gooden made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James. | 2 | 0 |
| 11:19 | | Latrell Sprewell missed 10 ft two point shot. | 2 | 0 |
| 11:18 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound. | 2 | 0 |
| 11:11 | | Jeff McInnis made 12 ft jumper. | 4 | 0 |
| 10:56 | | Troy Hudson made driving layup. | 4 | 2 |
| 10:33 | | Ervin Johnson Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul. | 4 | 2 |
| 10:25 | | LeBron James missed 21 ft jumper. | 4 | 2 |
| 10:22 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 10:06 | | Trenton Hassell missed two point shot. | 4 | 2 |
| 10:04 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas made dunk. Assisted by LeBron James. | 6 | 2 |
| 9:26 | | Kevin Garnett missed 14 ft two point shot. | 6 | 2 |
| 9:25 | | Ervin Johnson offensive rebound. | 6 | 2 |
| 9:22 | | Ervin Johnson made layup. | 6 | 4 |
| 8:59 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas made dunk. Assisted by LeBron James. | 8 | 4 |
| 8:32 | | Ervin Johnson made jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell. | 8 | 6 |
| 8:12 | | Jeff McInnis made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by LeBron James. | 11 | 6 |
| 8:02 | | Jeff McInnis Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul. | 11 | 6 |
| 7:48 | | Latrell Sprewell missed 6 ft jumper. | 11 | 6 |
| 7:48 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound. | 11 | 6 |
| 7:35 | | Drew Gooden missed layup. | 11 | 6 |
| 7:35 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 11 | 6 |
| 7:28 | | Kevin Garnett made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell. | 11 | 8 |
| 7:11 | | LeBron James missed driving layup. | 11 | 8 |
| 7:11 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 11 | 8 |
| 7:01 | | Kevin Garnett made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Troy Hudson. | 11 | 10 |
| 6:41 | | Sasha Pavlovic made 23 ft jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden. | 13 | 10 |
| 6:26 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul. | 13 | 10 |
| 6:26 | | Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 1 of 2. | 13 | 10 |
| 6:26 | | Minnesota offensive rebound. | 13 | 10 |
| 6:26 | | Latrell Sprewell made Free Throw 2 of 2. | 13 | 11 |
| 6:11 | | Sasha Pavlovic missed 26 ft three point jumper. | 13 | 11 |
| 6:09 | | LeBron James offensive rebound. | 13 | 11 |
| 6:07 | | LeBron James Bad Pass. Stolen by Ervin Johnson. | 13 | 11 |
| 5:58 | | Kevin Garnett made 13 ft two point shot. Assisted by Trenton Hassell. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:45 | | Ervin Johnson Personal Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:45 | | Minnesota Full Timeout. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:45 | | Michael Olowokandi enters the game for Ervin Johnson. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:33 | | LeBron James missed 12 ft two point shot. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:31 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:11 | | Trenton Hassell missed 12 ft two point shot. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:11 | | Kevin Garnett offensive rebound. | 13 | 13 |
| 5:01 | | Michael Olowokandi made layup. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell. | 13 | 15 |
| 4:37 | | Jeff McInnis missed 12 ft jumper. | 13 | 15 |
| 4:35 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 13 | 15 |
| 4:26 | | Michael Olowokandi missed 9 ft jumper. | 13 | 15 |
| 4:24 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound. | 13 | 15 |
| 4:13 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed two point shot. | 13 | 15 |
| 4:13 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 13 | 15 |
| 3:56 | | Drew Gooden Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul. | 13 | 15 |
| 3:43 | | Latrell Sprewell made 18 ft jumper. | 13 | 17 |
| 3:20 | | Latrell Sprewell Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul. | 13 | 17 |
| 3:20 | | Sasha Pavlovic made Free Throw 1 of 2. | 14 | 17 |
| 3:20 | | Sasha Pavlovic missed Free Throw 2 of 2. | 14 | 17 |
| 3:19 | | Cleveland offensive rebound. | 14 | 17 |
| 3:15 | | LeBron James missed 20 ft jumper. | 14 | 17 |
| 3:14 | | Sasha Pavlovic offensive rebound. | 14 | 17 |
| 3:11 | | LeBron James made driving layup. Assisted by Sasha Pavlovic. | 16 | 17 |
| 2:55 | | Latrell Sprewell made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:38 | | Drew Gooden missed 11 ft jumper. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:36 | | Drew Gooden offensive rebound. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:34 | | Drew Gooden's layup blocked by Kevin Garnett. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:32 | | Kevin Garnett defensive rebound. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:29 | | Cleveland Full Timeout. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:09 | | Michael Olowokandi missed 10 ft jumper. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:06 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound. | 16 | 19 |
| 2:01 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas made dunk. Assisted by Drew Gooden. | 18 | 19 |
| 1:44 | | Troy Hudson missed 11 ft jumper. | 18 | 19 |
| 1:42 | | Michael Olowokandi offensive rebound. | 18 | 19 |
| 1:40 | | Michael Olowokandi made layup. | 18 | 21 |
| 1:24 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Sasha Pavlovic. | 20 | 21 |
| 1:02 | | Sasha Pavlovic Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul. | 20 | 21 |
| 1:02 | | Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Trenton Hassell. | 20 | 21 |
| 1:02 | | Anthony Carter enters the game for Troy Hudson. | 20 | 21 |
| 53.9 | | Kevin Garnett missed layup. | 20 | 21 |
| 52.9 | | Kevin Garnett offensive rebound. | 20 | 21 |
| 51.9 | | Kevin Garnett missed layup. | 20 | 21 |
| 49.5 | | Minnesota defensive rebound. | 20 | 21 |
| 37.1 | | Drew Gooden made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis. | 22 | 21 |
| 18.8 | | Kevin Garnett made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak. | 22 | 23 |
| 5.1 | | Jeff McInnis made 12 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James. | 24 | 23 |
| 0.4 | | Anthony Carter made 31 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak. | 24 | 26 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter. | 24 | 26 | |
Regular Season Series
Series tied 1-1
Game Information
Target Center
12:00 AM, 18 February 2005
Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 18,122
- Referees:
- Jess Kersey
- Joe DeRosa
- Tony Brothers
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