Minnesota Timberwolves 129, Cleveland Cavaliers 124 — Recap

November 13, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 129, Cleveland Cavaliers 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 40-20 CLE; Q2 MIN 27-30 CLE; Q3 MIN 37-34 CLE; Q4 MIN 25-40 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Darius Garland (CLE) 51 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 10 threes on 16-of-31 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 30 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-13 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 29 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Taurean Prince (MIN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-6 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 15 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Darius Garland

51 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 10 3PM · 16-31 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

30 PTS, 2 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 11-13 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

29 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 11-16 FG

Season highs

Darius Garland · Season-high 51 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 30 pointsKarl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 29 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 11 assistsDarius Garland · Season-high 10 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	40	27	37	25		129
CLE	20	30	34	40		124

🧮 How They Scored

MINCLE

54Points in the paint42

16Fast-break points4

6Second-chance points22

19Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.4%Effective FG%54.5%

11.8%Turnover %8.6%

31.4%Offensive rebound %30.8%

0.415Free-throw rate0.438

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	29	13	3	1	1	2	11-16	3-6	4-6	+15
D'Angelo Russell G	35	30	2	11	1	0	2	11-13	4-5	4-6	+19
Rudy Gobert C	33	15	13	1	1	2	3	5-10	0-0	5-8	-13
Anthony Edwards G	31	10	7	1	0	0	4	5-13	0-3	0-0	-11
Jaden McDaniels F	31	9	2	0	1	1	0	4-9	1-2	0-2	-13
Taurean Prince F	22	19	2	1	0	0	0	4-6	1-2	10-10	+6
Kyle Anderson F	21	6	3	5	1	0	0	2-5	2-2	0-0	+17
Jaylen Nowell G	15	9	1	2	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	2-2	-3
Jordan McLaughlin G	15	2	4	6	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	+7

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	40	51	2	6	2	0	2	16-31	10-15	9-13	+6
Evan Mobley F-C	32	4	13	3	2	0	3	1-4	0-0	2-6	-14
Lamar Stevens F	30	15	6	1	0	0	0	5-10	0-1	5-6	-2
Kevin Love F-C	29	14	5	4	0	0	1	3-11	3-8	5-5	+4
Isaac Okoro F-G	29	8	3	1	2	0	1	3-4	1-2	1-2	+15
Cedi Osman F	28	14	4	2	0	0	1	4-10	2-4	4-6	-1
Caris LeVert G	28	13	5	5	0	1	2	6-12	1-2	0-0	-13
Robin Lopez C	16	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-1	+6
Raul Neto G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-17
Mamadi Diakite F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	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	30	95.9	22.5	+26.0	22.1
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	29	77.8	24.7	+15.3	21.1
Taurean Prince	Bench	22	19	91.3	17.0	+22.1	18.7
Rudy Gobert	Bench	33	15	55.5	20.3	-13.0	10.5
Anthony Edwards	Bench	31	10	38.5	26.2	-15.5	0.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	31	9	45.5	15.4	-10.5	-1.1
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	15	9	65.4	17.9	-9.1	13.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	21	6	60.0	10.4	+47.4	8.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	15	2	25.0	17.1	+26.6	10.9
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	+170.0	-28.6

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Bench	40	51	69.4	38.2	+2.7	22.3
Lamar Stevens	Bench	30	15	59.3	16.7	-7.5	8.8
Kevin Love	Bench	29	14	53.0	18.7	-6.3	8.4
Cedi Osman	Bench	28	14	55.4	19.1	-3.7	5.8
Caris LeVert	Bench	28	13	54.2	20.6	-24.4	9.3
Isaac Okoro	Bench	29	8	82.0	9.1	+27.3	6.8
Robin Lopez	Bench	16	5	56.3	10.3	+21.2	4.1
Evan Mobley	Bench	32	4	30.1	12.3	-22.2	4.0
Raul Neto	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	-154.5	-3.4
Mamadi Diakite	Bench	3	0	0.0	40.0	-180.0	-21.4
Isaiah Mobley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0