Minnesota Timberwolves 127, Cleveland Cavaliers 122 — Recap

February 28, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 127, Cleveland Cavaliers 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 26-37 CLE; Q2 MIN 38-24 CLE; Q3 MIN 37-27 CLE; Q4 MIN 26-34 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Love (CLE) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-10 shooting; Cedi Osman (CLE) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Kevin Love

26 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-14 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

25 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · CLE

Jarrett Allen

21 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 9-10 FG

Season highs

Brandon Goodwin · Season-high 12 assistsJaden McDaniels · Season-high 5 threes

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
MIN	26	38	37	26		127
CLE	37	24	27	34		122

🧮 How They Scored

MINCLE

50Points in the paint38

19Fast-break points7

10Second-chance points18

35Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.1%Effective FG%62.8%

12.1%Turnover %18.4%

22.2%Offensive rebound %30.3%

0.221Free-throw rate0.459

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D'Angelo Russell G	35	25	4	3	1	1	4	8-17	4-8	5-6	+7
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	17	4	3	1	1	1	7-13	1-4	2-2	0
Anthony Edwards G	32	17	4	4	4	0	4	7-13	1-5	2-2	+7
Patrick Beverley G	29	11	2	6	1	3	1	4-8	3-6	0-0	+9
Jarred Vanderbilt F	27	8	9	2	0	1	0	3-4	0-0	2-4	-1
Taurean Prince F	20	15	2	2	3	0	0	5-8	1-4	4-5	+8
Jaden McDaniels F	18	17	3	1	0	0	2	6-9	5-7	0-0	-5
Malik Beasley G	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	3-6	3-6	0-0	-3
Naz Reid F-C	14	6	0	2	1	0	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	+5
Jordan McLaughlin G	13	2	3	7	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Goodwin G	35	17	4	12	2	0	0	7-13	2-4	1-1	+6
Lauri Markkanen F	35	10	4	1	0	0	5	2-7	1-6	5-6	0
Jarrett Allen C	34	21	8	1	0	1	3	9-10	0-0	3-4	-7
Evan Mobley F-C	34	15	10	4	0	2	5	6-12	1-4	2-2	-2
Cedi Osman F	28	21	1	5	1	0	3	5-9	5-9	6-8	+6
Isaac Okoro F-G	28	6	5	1	1	0	0	1-5	1-3	3-4	-9
Kevin Love F-C	26	26	5	4	1	0	2	7-14	5-10	7-7	+7
Dean Wade F	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-10
Lamar Stevens F	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	2-2	-7
Tim Frazier G	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	25	63.6	32.0	+13.3	11.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	17	61.2	19.5	+1.7	9.3
Anthony Edwards	Bench	32	17	61.2	25.7	+14.4	9.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	18	17	94.4	25.6	-6.2	10.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	20	15	73.5	18.8	+18.6	15.0
Patrick Beverley	Bench	29	11	68.8	15.0	+17.8	10.2
Malik Beasley	Bench	17	9	75.0	13.3	-7.5	3.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	27	8	69.4	10.9	+0.4	10.4
Naz Reid	Bench	14	6	50.0	22.6	+13.2	5.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	13	2	50.0	6.3	-6.9	13.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Love	Bench	26	26	76.1	29.0	+5.7	19.7
Jarrett Allen	Bench	34	21	89.3	18.5	-8.3	15.8
Cedi Osman	Bench	28	21	83.9	24.2	+7.9	12.5
Brandon Goodwin	Bench	35	17	63.2	15.1	+6.4	14.2
Evan Mobley	Bench	34	15	58.2	23.1	-2.9	10.4
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	35	10	51.9	17.9	-4.5	1.3
Isaac Okoro	Bench	28	6	44.4	10.4	-11.5	3.8
Lamar Stevens	Bench	5	4	69.4	33.3	-72.7	3.2
Tim Frazier	Bench	4	2	100.0	22.2	-100.0	3.8
Dean Wade	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.8	-50.0	-0.8