Cleveland Cavaliers 122, Minnesota Timberwolves 131 — Recap

January 8, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 122, Minnesota Timberwolves 131. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 31-32 MIN; Q2 CLE 36-31 MIN; Q3 CLE 22-43 MIN; Q4 CLE 33-25 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 28 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-14 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Sam Merrill (CLE) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

30 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

28 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

26 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 11-14 FG

Season highs

Anthony Edwards · Season-high 9 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

CLE 9 largest lead Q2 4:48 (CLE 53, MIN 44) · 8-0 run, Q1 0:00–Q2 11:03

MIN 20 largest lead Q3 0:55 (CLE 84, MIN 104) · 13-0 run, Q2 1:17–Q3 10:02

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Julius Randle makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Q3 10:53, CLE 67, MIN 68).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	31	36	22	33		122
MIN	32	31	43	25		131

🧮 How They Scored

CLEMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

42Bench points19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.8%Effective FG%68.5%

10.7%Turnover %15.0%

20.5%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.231Free-throw rate0.191

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	37	30	7	8	1	0	4	10-20	2-8	8-9	+4
Evan Mobley F-C	37	19	4	3	0	1	3	8-11	3-5	0-1	+2
Darius Garland G	37	16	1	8	2	0	2	7-16	1-4	1-4	-24
Sam Merrill G	31	22	2	3	1	0	0	7-13	5-11	3-3	+6
Jarrett Allen C	30	11	10	1	2	0	0	5-9	0-0	1-2	-29
De'Andre Hunter F	27	14	7	4	2	0	2	6-11	0-3	2-2	+13
Jaylon Tyson G-F	18	4	5	1	1	0	1	2-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Craig Porter G	15	4	1	2	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	-17
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	38	26	5	1	2	0	1	11-14	3-4	1-4	+12
Anthony Edwards G	37	25	7	9	1	1	4	10-20	4-7	1-2	+19
Rudy Gobert C	37	11	13	3	2	0	1	5-5	0-0	1-3	+8
Julius Randle F	35	28	11	8	0	0	4	10-21	3-7	5-6	+31
Donte DiVincenzo G	34	22	1	4	1	0	1	8-13	6-10	0-0	+15
Naz Reid F-C	24	9	6	3	1	1	4	3-6	2-4	1-2	-21
Mike Conley G	14	3	1	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-6
Jaylen Clark G	11	5	0	0	1	0	1	2-4	1-1	0-0	-6
Nah'Shon Hyland G	10	2	1	3	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	37	30	62.6	32.2	+5.0	14.7
Evan Mobley	Starter	37	19	83.0	15.9	+3.9	8.5
Darius Garland	Starter	37	16	45.0	22.2	-30.5	6.2
Jarrett Allen	Starter	30	11	55.7	13.5	-44.8	10.2
Craig Porter	Starter	15	4	40.0	15.2	-49.9	5.4
Sam Merrill	Bench	31	22	76.8	18.4	+10.4	12.4
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	27	14	58.9	21.5	+25.2	12.8
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	18	4	40.0	13.3	-6.3	5.1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	08	2	100.0	5.0	+33.3	5.5
Lonzo Ball	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	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
Julius Randle	Starter	35	28	59.2	30.8	+36.3	14.4
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	38	26	82.5	17.5	+14.1	12.1
Anthony Edwards	Starter	37	25	59.9	26.9	+23.2	12.9
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	34	22	84.6	16.1	+19.5	10.2
Rudy Gobert	Starter	37	11	87.0	7.4	+8.3	11.8
Naz Reid	Bench	24	9	65.4	19.3	-39.2	7.7
Jaylen Clark	Bench	11	5	62.5	20.0	-22.1	0.0
Mike Conley	Bench	14	3	75.0	8.8	-20.7	4.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	10	2	25.0	16.7	-27.5	2.1
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Juzang	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rob Dillingham	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0