Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
17
10
27
138
344
24
12
50
84
44
52
31
25
81
26
12
38
6
24
11
17
23
125
4
54
33
61
2222
915
41
76
64
84
76
44
120
04
79
13
42
2737
6060
96
42
44
2020
119
6
612
69
11
49
13
62
11
35
43
65
3229
6060
5
3
60
22
9
41
7
6
86
7
4
11
0
7
1
4
27
60
4
3
75
22
15
68
6
4
67
6
4
10
4
9
3
2
37
60
9
4
44
20
11
55
6
6
100
4
1
5
1
3
4
6
32
60
6
2
33
20
9
45
12
9
75
9
3
12
1
5
3
5
29
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
36
12
19
63
2
4
50
3
3
100
0
0
0
4
3
0
6
4
29
6
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
35
5
11
45
1
2
50
9
11
82
3
7
10
4
0
0
2
2
20
22
double
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
34
8
16
50
4
7
57
4
5
80
0
4
4
3
1
3
2
3
24
22
none
Anderson
Varejão
Anderson Varejão
True
17
3
5
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
6
1
1
0
0
2
6
-3
none
Mike
Miller
Mike Miller
True
8
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
-6
none
Dion
Waiters
Dion Waiters
False
27
5
12
42
2
4
50
7
8
88
0
2
2
4
3
0
4
2
19
23
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
False
26
2
4
50
0
0
0
1
2
50
3
6
9
0
1
0
1
0
5
25
none
Shawn
Marion
Shawn Marion
False
25
5
7
71
0
0
0
1
2
50
1
3
4
2
1
3
0
2
11
5
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
False
13
1
5
20
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
1
0
1
3
3
7
none
Brendan
Haywood
Brendan Haywood
False
4
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
-1
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
3
1
2
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
none
Joe
Harris
Joe Harris
False
3
1
1
100
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
none
A.J.
Price
A.J. Price
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
none
25
December
2014
Thursday
American Airlines Arena
Miami
Heat
Miami
False
Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
5
22
27
1080
712
13
4
31
88
39
44
29
22
76
24
16
40
9
25
13
18
23
104
4
34
12
35
2128
813
38
103
92
89
83
49
132
12
67
31
13
2630
6060
24
10
42
1722
108
6
412
29
7
58
12
70
33
75
54
104
2325
6060
3
1
33
21
8
38
10
9
90
8
4
12
1
6
3
1
26
60
4
2
50
28
13
46
3
2
67
3
9
12
2
7
1
3
30
60
2
1
50
17
10
59
4
2
50
5
1
6
3
7
5
10
23
60
4
0
0
22
8
36
12
9
75
8
2
10
3
5
4
4
25
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
36
9
16
56
3
3
100
6
8
75
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
27
-25
none
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
True
36
6
10
60
0
0
0
8
8
100
3
8
11
2
3
4
2
3
20
-7
double
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
True
32
7
17
41
0
2
0
4
6
67
5
1
6
2
1
1
1
3
18
-7
none
Thaddeus
Young
Thaddeus Young
True
31
6
18
33
0
0
0
1
2
50
4
2
6
2
3
2
2
1
13
4
none
Zach
LaVine
Zach LaVine
True
26
3
6
50
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
6
4
0
3
4
6
-8
none
Mo
Williams
Mo Williams
False
21
3
8
38
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
7
1
1
2
0
6
-13
none
Chase
Budinger
Chase Budinger
False
17
2
4
50
1
2
50
2
2
100
0
5
5
1
0
0
2
4
7
-9
none
Jeff
Adrien
Jeff Adrien
False
11
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
-14
none
Anthony
Bennett
Anthony Bennett
False
11
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
2
5
0
-27
none
Troy
Daniels
Troy Daniels
False
5
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Robbie
Hummel
Robbie Hummel
False
4
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
2
none
Glenn
Robinson
Glenn Robinson
False
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
-1
none
26
December
2014
Friday
Pepsi Center
Denver
Nuggets
Denver
False
The Cleveland Cavaliers ( 17 - 10 ) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves ( 5 - 22 ) 125 - 104 on Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland . The Cavaliers used a dominant second half , out - scoring the Timberwovles 61 - 48 , to coast to an easy 21 - point victory at home in front of their home fans . Cleveland finished the game shooting 52 percent from the field and an impressive 50 percent from the three - point line , while the Timberwovles shot 44 percent from the field and only 31 percent from beyond the arc . Kyrie Irving led the team , going 12 - for - 19 from the floor and 2 - for - 4 from deep to score a game - high of 29 points . While he was able to have success with his shot , he did turn the ball over a season - high of six times , so it was n't all good for the point guard . LeBron James also had a big impact . He finished with 24 points , ( 8 - 16 FG , 4 - 7 3Pt , 4 - 5 FT ) four rebounds and three blocks . He 's now averaging 25 points , 8 assists and 5 rebounds on the year . Kevin Love was able to record a double - double , as he finished with 20 points ( 5 - 11 FG , 1 - 2 3Pt ) and 10 rebounds . He got most of his offensive production from the free throw line , as he finished 9 - of - 11 from the line . Also , coming off the bench , Dion Waiters finished with 19 points and four assists . The Timberwolves received most of their production from their starters , as the bench was n't much of an impact in this one . Andrew Wiggins had arguably his best offensive outing of the year , going 9 - for - 16 from the field and 3 - for - 3 from the three - point line to score 27 points . He was able to get to the free throw line eight times as well , converting on six of those attempts . Starting center Gorgui Dieng gave Wiggins the most help , as he recorded 20 points ( 6 - 10 FG , 8 - 8 FT ) and 11 rebounds . It was his fifth double - double of the season . Shabazz Muhammad continued to play well , as he finished with 18 points ( 7 - 17 FG , 0 - 2 3Pt , 4 - 6 FT ) and six rebounds , while Thaddeus Young scored 13 points ( 6 - 18 FG , 1 - 2 FT ) and had six rebounds of his own . The Cavaliers ' next game will on the road against the Miami Heat on Thursday , while the Timberwolves will travel to Denver to play the Nuggets on Friday .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (17 - 10) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (5 - 22) 125 - 104 on Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The Cavaliers used a dominant second half, out - scoring the Timberwovles 61 - 48, to coast to an easy 21 - point victory at home in front of their home fans. Cleveland finished the game shooting 52 percent from the field and an impressive 50 percent from the three - point line, while the Timberwovles shot 44 percent from the field and only 31 percent from beyond the arc. Kyrie Irving led the team, going 12 - for - 19 from the floor and 2 - for - 4 from deep to score a game - high of 29 points. While he was able to have success with his shot, he did turn the ball over a season - high of six times, so it wasn't all good for the point guard. LeBron James also had a big impact. He finished with 24 points, (8 - 16 FG, 4 - 7 3Pt, 4 - 5 FT) four rebounds and three blocks. He's now averaging 25 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds on the year. Kevin Love was able to record a double - double, as he finished with 20 points (5 - 11 FG, 1 - 2 3Pt) and 10 rebounds. He got most of his offensive production from the free throw line, as he finished 9 - of - 11 from the line. Also, coming off the bench, Dion Waiters finished with 19 points and four assists. The Timberwolves received most of their production from their starters, as the bench wasn't much of an impact in this one. Andrew Wiggins had arguably his best offensive outing of the year, going 9 - for - 16 from the field and 3 - for - 3 from the three - point line to score 27 points. He was able to get to the free throw line eight times as well, converting on six of those attempts. Starting center Gorgui Dieng gave Wiggins the most help, as he recorded 20 points (6 - 10 FG, 8 - 8 FT) and 11 rebounds. It was his fifth double - double of the season. Shabazz Muhammad continued to play well, as he finished with 18 points (7 - 17 FG, 0 - 2 3Pt, 4 - 6 FT) and six rebounds, while Thaddeus Young scored 13 points (6 - 18 FG, 1 - 2 FT) and had six rebounds of his own. The Cavaliers' next game will on the road against the Miami Heat on Thursday, while the Timberwolves will travel to Denver to play the Nuggets on Friday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (17 - 10) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (5 - 22) 125 - 104 on Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The Cavaliers used a dominant second half, out - scoring the Timberwovles 61 - 48, to coast to an easy 21 - point victory at home in front of their home fans. Cleveland finished the game shooting 52 percent from the field and an impressive 50 percent from the three - point line, while the Timberwovles shot 44 percent from the field and only 31 percent from beyond the arc. Kyrie Irving led the team, going 12 - for - 19 from the floor and 2 - for - 4 from deep to score a game - high of 29 points. While he was able to have success with his shot, he did turn the ball over a season - high of six times, so it wasn't all good for the point guard. LeBron James also had a big impact. He finished with 24 points, (8 - 16 FG, 4 - 7 3Pt, 4 - 5 FT) four rebounds and three blocks. He's now averaging 25 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds on the year. Kevin Love was able to record a double - double, as he finished with 20 points (5 - 11 FG, 1 - 2 3Pt) and 10 rebounds. He got most of his offensive production from the free throw line, as he finished 9 - of - 11 from the line. Also, coming off the bench, Dion Waiters finished with 19 points and four assists. The Timberwolves received most of their production from their starters, as the bench wasn't much of an impact in this one. Andrew Wiggins had arguably his best offensive outing of the year, going 9 - for - 16 from the field and 3 - for - 3 from the three - point line to score 27 points. He was able to get to the free throw line eight times as well, converting on six of those attempts. Starting center Gorgui Dieng gave Wiggins the most help, as he recorded 20 points (6 - 10 FG, 8 - 8 FT) and 11 rebounds. It was his fifth double - double of the season. Shabazz Muhammad continued to play well, as he finished with 18 points (7 - 17 FG, 0 - 2 3Pt, 4 - 6 FT) and six rebounds, while Thaddeus Young scored 13 points (6 - 18 FG, 1 - 2 FT) and had six rebounds of his own. The Cavaliers' next game will on the road against the Miami Heat on Thursday, while the Timberwolves will travel to Denver to play the Nuggets on Friday.
<GAME> <DATE> 23 December 2014 <DAY> Tuesday <STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <CITY> Cleveland <HOME> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 125 <WINS-LOSSES> 17 10 <QTRS> 27 37 32 29 <TEAM-AST> 24 <3PT> 12 <TEAM-FG> 44 <TEAM-FT> 25 <TEAM-REB> 38 <TEAM-TO> 17 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 25 December 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Thursday <NEXT-STADIUM> American Airlines Arena <NEXT-CITY> Miami <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Miami <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Heat <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 104 <WINS-LOSSES> 5 22 <QTRS> 26 30 23 25 <TEAM-AST> 25 <3PT> 4 <TEAM-FG> 39 <TEAM-FT> 22 <TEAM-REB> 40 <TEAM-TO> 18 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 26 December 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Pepsi Center <NEXT-CITY> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Nuggets <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> Kyrie Irving <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 29 <FG> 12 19 63 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 4 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 6 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 24 <FG> 8 16 50 <FG3> 4 7 57 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 20 <FG> 5 11 45 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 9 11 82 <REB> 10 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Dion Waiters <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 19 <FG> 5 12 42 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 7 8 88 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shawn Marion <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 7 71 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anderson Varejão <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 4 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 9 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joe Harris <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brendan Haywood <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> A. J. Price <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mike Miller <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 27 <FG> 9 16 56 <FG3> 3 3 100 <FT> 6 8 75 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 20 <FG> 6 10 60 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 8 8 100 <REB> 11 <AST> 2 <STL> 3 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 17 41 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 5 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Thaddeus Young <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 13 <FG> 6 18 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 3 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 4 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chase Budinger <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mo Williams <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 8 38 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Zach LaVine <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 1 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 6 <STL> 4 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Robbie Hummel <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jeff Adrien <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 11 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Glenn Robinson <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Troy Daniels <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Bennett <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 11 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 4 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none