Cleveland Cavaliers 124, Minnesota Timberwolves 117 — Recap

January 18, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 124, Minnesota Timberwolves 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 29-32 MIN; Q2 CLE 31-28 MIN; Q3 CLE 29-19 MIN; Q4 CLE 35-38 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 36 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 20 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 17 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

36 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

29 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 8-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

28 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 9-22 FG

Season highs

Julius Randle · Season-high 14 reboundsGeorges Niang · Season-high 10 reboundsJulius Randle · Season-high 9 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	29	31	29	35		124
MIN	32	28	19	38		117

🧮 How They Scored

CLEMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.9%Effective FG%56.1%

6.4%Turnover %6.6%

28.3%Offensive rebound %20.9%

0.272Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarrett Allen C	36	14	4	1	—	1	1	6-9	—	2-2	+16
Donovan Mitchell G	34	36	8	7	1	—	3	12-27	4-15	8-9	+10
Darius Garland G	33	29	5	6	—	—	1	8-19	5-10	8-8	-14
Georges Niang F	29	15	10	1	1	—	—	5-7	3-4	2-2	+9
Max Strus G	28	5	6	3	—	—	—	2-7	1-5	—	+6
Dean Wade F	27	8	5	2	1	—	—	3-8	2-7	—	-16
Caris LeVert G	25	2	4	3	—	—	1	1-6	0-3	—	-5
Ty Jerome G	22	15	4	4	1	—	1	5-7	2-2	3-4	+28
Sam Merrill G	7	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-2	0-2	—	+1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	41	28	3	5	1	1	2	9-22	4-9	6-6	-2
Julius Randle F	38	20	14	9	1	—	3	7-12	1-5	5-7	—
Jaden McDaniels F	38	13	5	2	—	1	—	6-9	1-2	—	+14
Rudy Gobert C	31	17	12	1	—	—	—	6-7	—	5-6	+1
Naz Reid F-C	26	16	2	4	2	2	—	6-12	4-8	—	-15
Mike Conley G	23	9	3	3	—	—	1	3-7	3-6	—	-5
Rob Dillingham G	18	12	—	2	—	—	1	5-10	2-4	—	+3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	16	2	3	1	—	—	—	1-10	0-4	—	-15
Joe Ingles F	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	-16

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	34	36	58.1	41.0	+14.1	18.8
Darius Garland	Bench	33	29	64.4	30.4	-20.9	14.6
Georges Niang	Bench	29	15	95.2	11.4	+15.5	15.2
Ty Jerome	Bench	22	15	85.6	19.1	+71.9	23.8
Jarrett Allen	Bench	36	14	70.9	12.5	+18.3	6.5
Dean Wade	Bench	27	8	50.0	12.9	-21.7	3.9
Max Strus	Bench	28	5	35.7	10.3	+10.3	6.6
Caris LeVert	Bench	25	2	16.7	11.9	-12.5	0.4
Sam Merrill	Bench	7	—	0.0	14.3	+13.3	-8.9
Craig Porter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	41	28	56.8	29.0	-0.8	9.5
Julius Randle	Bench	38	20	66.3	20.7	-1.7	16.8
Rudy Gobert	Bench	31	17	88.2	13.3	-0.4	18.0
Naz Reid	Bench	26	16	66.7	19.7	-29.1	12.8
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	38	13	72.2	10.6	+20.0	7.2
Rob Dillingham	Bench	18	12	60.0	26.8	+8.1	2.6
Mike Conley	Bench	23	9	64.3	14.8	-10.6	7.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	16	2	10.0	26.3	-61.3	-9.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	9	—	0.0	4.3	-90.9	-8.5
Luka Garza	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0