Cavaliers 93-70 Timberwolves (18 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

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

Al Jefferson makes 10-foot two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
Mike Miller makes 19-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson misses 8-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes 21-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Mike Miller makes 2-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes two point shot
Ben Wallace blocks Craig Smith's layup
Al Jefferson misses 16-foot two point shot
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 13-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
LeBron James blocks Ryan Gomes's 10-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks Ryan Gomes's 6-foot jumper
Kevin Ollie makes driving layup
Al Jefferson misses 13-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper
Kevin Ollie makes driving layup
Ryan Gomes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 13-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses two point shot
Ben Wallace blocks Kevin Love's layup
Kevin Love misses layup
Rashad McCants misses 14-foot jumper
Kevin Ollie misses 18-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes 22-foot jumper (Craig Smith assists)
Kevin Ollie makes layup
Rashad McCants misses driving layup
Kevin Love misses two point shot
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Ollie misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 8-foot jumper
Craig Smith makes two point shot
Craig Smith makes layup
Craig Smith makes layup (Al Jefferson assists)
Randy Foye misses layup
Craig Smith misses tip shot
Al Jefferson makes tip shot
Al Jefferson makes 9-foot two point shot
Craig Smith misses 7-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes driving layup (Randy Foye assists)
Mike Miller makes running jumper
Al Jefferson makes 12-foot two point shot (Ryan Gomes assists)
Randy Foye makes driving layup (Ryan Gomes assists)
Craig Smith makes layup (Kevin Ollie assists)
Kevin Ollie makes layup
Al Jefferson makes 11-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak blocks Kevin Ollie's 10-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 27-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye misses 4-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 15-foot two point shot
J.J. Hickson blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Al Jefferson makes layup
Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 19-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses 15-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 8-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes driving dunk (Randy Foye assists)
Al Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 6-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes driving layup
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye misses 22-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 9-foot running jumper
Mo Williams makes 18-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ben Wallace misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 6-foot running jumper
Mo Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 22-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 5-foot running jumper
Delonte West makes 18-foot jumper
Delonte West misses three point jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Mo Williams assists)
Sasha Pavlovic makes 18-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 18-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Mo Williams misses 13-foot two point shot
Mo Williams misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love blocks Darnell Jackson's layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 12-foot two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 23-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Sasha Pavlovic makes dunk
LeBron James makes driving layup
Delonte West makes driving layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses 27-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 14-foot two point shot
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses layup
Ryan Gomes blocks Darnell Jackson's layup
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James misses 52-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses three point jumper
Delonte West makes driving layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James makes 24-foot three pointer
Anderson Varejao makes 15-foot jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Mo Williams makes layup
Delonte West misses jumper
Delonte West makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 14-foot two point shot (Anderson Varejao assists)
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 12-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes slam dunk (Delonte West assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 3-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
J.J. Hickson makes 17-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
Delonte West makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 23-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West misses 10-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Al Jefferson blocks LeBron James's 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 11-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes 15-foot jumper
Tarence Kinsey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes driving layup
J.J. Hickson makes layup (Delonte West assists)

CAVALIERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		CLE	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Al Jefferson (Delonte West gains possession)	0	0
11:36	Delonte West misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:36	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:17	Randy Foye defensive rebound	0	0
10:56	Al Jefferson makes 10-foot two point shot (Randy Foye assists)	0	2
10:33	Delonte West misses 9-foot running jumper	0	2
10:32	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	0	2
10:27	Mo Williams makes 18-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	2	2
10:07	Mike Miller makes 19-foot two point shot	2	4
9:42	Ben Wallace misses 14-foot jumper	2	4
9:41	Mike Miller defensive rebound	2	4
9:30	Al Jefferson misses 8-foot jumper	2	4
9:29	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	2	4
9:19	LeBron James makes 6-foot running jumper	4	4
9:03	Randy Foye makes 21-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)	4	6
8:40	Mo Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	6
8:38	Mike Miller defensive rebound	4	6
8:29	Mike Miller makes 2-foot two point shot	4	8
8:03	Mo Williams makes 22-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	6	8
7:43	Al Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper	6	8
7:43	Mo Williams defensive rebound	6	8
7:24	Mike Miller shooting foul (Delonte West draws the foul)	6	8
7:24	Delonte West makes free throw 1 of 2	7	8
7:24	Delonte West makes free throw 2 of 2	8	8
7:07	Mike Miller makes two point shot	8	10
6:52	LeBron James makes 5-foot running jumper	10	10
6:52	Craig Smith shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	10	10
6:52	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1	10	10
6:52	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	10	10
6:41	Ben Wallace personal foul (Mike Miller draws the foul)	10	10
6:35	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Craig Smith draws the foul)	10	10
6:35	Craig Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	10	11
6:35	Craig Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	10	12
6:16	Delonte West makes 18-foot jumper	12	12
5:54	Ben Wallace blocks Craig Smith's layup	12	12
5:52	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	12	12
5:46	Delonte West misses three point jumper	12	12
5:45	Mike Miller defensive rebound	12	12
5:37	Minnesota full timeout	12	12
5:20	Al Jefferson misses 16-foot two point shot	12	12
5:20	Mo Williams defensive rebound	12	12
5:13	LeBron James makes two point shot (Mo Williams assists)	14	12
5:07	Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	12
5:05	LeBron James defensive rebound	14	12
5:00	Ryan Gomes shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	14	12
5:00	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2	14	12
5:00	Cleveland offensive rebound	14	12
5:00	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	15	12
4:39	Craig Smith bad pass (Mo Williams steals)	15	12
4:31	Al Jefferson shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	15	12
4:31	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2	15	12
4:31	Cleveland offensive rebound	15	12
4:31	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Ben Wallace	15	12
4:31	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Mo Williams	15	12
4:31	Kevin Love enters the game for Craig Smith	15	12
4:31	Kevin Ollie enters the game for Mike Miller	15	12
4:31	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	16	12
4:05	Al Jefferson makes 13-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)	16	14
3:42	Sasha Pavlovic makes 18-foot two point shot	18	14
3:28	LeBron James blocks Ryan Gomes's 10-foot jumper	18	14
3:27	Kevin Ollie offensive rebound	18	14
3:26	Delonte West personal foul (Kevin Ollie draws the foul)	18	14
3:13	LeBron James blocks Ryan Gomes's 6-foot jumper	18	14
3:11	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	18	14
3:02	Anderson Varejao makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	20	14
3:02	Kevin Love shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	20	14
3:02	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 1	20	14
3:02	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	20	14
2:45	Kevin Ollie makes driving layup	20	16
2:27	Wally Szczerbiak makes 18-foot jumper	22	16
2:04	Al Jefferson misses 13-foot jumper	22	16
2:04	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	22	16
1:47	Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper	22	16
1:47	Kevin Love defensive rebound	22	16
1:35	Al Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper	22	16
1:32	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	22	16
1:23	Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper	22	16
1:22	Kevin Ollie defensive rebound	22	16
1:15	Kevin Ollie makes driving layup	22	18
52.2	Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)	24	18
35.4	Ryan Gomes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)	24	21
19.9	Anderson Varejao misses layup	24	21
19.3	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	24	21
1.8	Al Jefferson lost ball (Delonte West steals)	24	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	21

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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