Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
21
35
56
3557
3185
23
9
39
86
42
49
19
15
79
33
8
41
2
27
6
9
18
108
4
38
24
63
2320
1211
52
48
45
94
116
30
146
10
89
11
22
3031
6060
48
30
62
1924
127
7
61
51
84
106
14
120
10
64
22
23
3215
6060
3
2
67
23
12
52
4
4
100
11
3
14
1
8
1
2
30
60
8
4
50
20
11
55
8
5
62
6
0
6
0
9
1
2
31
60
4
3
75
19
12
63
6
5
83
10
1
11
1
6
2
2
32
60
8
0
0
24
7
29
1
1
100
6
4
10
0
4
2
3
15
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
41
16
29
55
4
8
50
5
6
83
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
41
-9
none
Ricky
Rubio
Ricky Rubio
True
38
2
8
25
0
2
0
1
2
50
1
7
8
16
2
0
4
3
5
1
none
Karl-Anthony
Towns
Karl-Anthony Towns
True
38
11
19
58
1
4
25
3
3
100
2
6
8
4
0
1
2
4
26
-2
none
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
True
37
4
9
44
1
2
50
3
3
100
2
8
10
1
0
0
0
4
12
-8
double
Brandon
Rush
Brandon Rush
True
36
2
6
33
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
2
1
0
0
6
4
none
Nemanja
Bjelica
Nemanja Bjelica
False
15
2
4
50
1
1
100
0
0
0
2
4
6
0
0
0
1
2
5
-2
none
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
False
15
2
5
40
0
2
0
3
5
60
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
7
-12
none
Kris
Dunn
Kris Dunn
False
9
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
1
1
2
-9
none
Cole
Aldrich
Cole Aldrich
False
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
-4
none
Lance
Stephenson
Lance Stephenson
False
3
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
none
Tyus
Jones
Tyus Jones
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jordan
Hill
Jordan Hill
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
15
February
2017
Wednesday
Pepsi Center
Denver
Nuggets
Denver
False
Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
38
16
54
2611
2612
39
13
33
86
44
51
22
15
68
34
9
43
4
27
3
10
18
116
4
107
43
40
2323
1016
44
510
28
5
811
33
844
10
710
10
32
2643
6060
175
42
24
2317
810
35
52
41
79
510
30
540
12
55
02
23
2423
6060
10
4
40
23
10
43
5
2
40
8
3
11
1
7
1
3
26
60
7
3
43
23
16
70
10
8
80
11
3
14
0
10
0
2
43
60
17
4
24
23
8
35
5
4
80
5
3
8
1
5
0
2
24
60
5
2
40
17
10
59
2
1
50
10
0
10
2
5
2
3
23
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
39
10
14
71
2
3
67
3
6
50
1
7
8
14
0
0
6
3
25
11
double
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
37
10
27
37
2
10
20
3
3
100
0
1
1
7
1
1
0
4
25
1
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
True
35
6
7
86
0
0
0
2
3
67
6
5
11
1
0
0
2
2
14
-1
double
Channing
Frye
Channing Frye
True
32
7
15
47
4
11
36
3
3
100
2
8
10
1
0
2
0
1
21
17
double
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
True
25
3
9
33
3
8
38
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
9
-7
none
Kyle
Korver
Kyle Korver
False
27
2
5
40
2
5
40
0
0
0
0
5
5
1
1
1
1
2
6
8
none
Derrick
Williams
Derrick Williams
False
22
5
7
71
0
1
0
3
5
60
0
6
6
0
1
0
0
3
13
15
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
10
1
1
100
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
12
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
9
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
-16
none
Jordan
McRae
Jordan McRae
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
DeAndre
Liggins
DeAndre Liggins
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Kay
Felder
Kay Felder
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
15
February
2017
Wednesday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Pacers
Indiana
True
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 116 - 108 Tuesday at Target Center . The Timberwolves ( 21 - 35 ) managed to keep pace with the East-leading Cavaliers ( 38 - 16 ) for a majority of Tuesday 's contest , and they were well within striking distance down the final stretch of the game . That was until LeBron James hit a step back three - pointer with two minutes remaining to take his team 's lead from three points to six . At that point , Minnesota was finished . James finished with 25 points on an efficient 10 - of - 14 shooting from the field to go along with 14 assists and eight rebounds as the Cavaliers walked out of the Target Center with their second straight victory and their sixth win in their last seven games . Kyrie Irving added 25 points of his own , Channing Frye posted a double - double of 21 points and 10 rebounds as Kevin Love 's replacement and the newest Cavalier , Derrick Williams , came off the bench to score 13 points Tuesday . As for those Timberwolves , a brilliant performance from Andrew Wiggins ended up not being enough for a team that has lacked a strong supporting cast all season . After scoring 20 points in the third quarter , Wiggins finished the game with 41 points on 16 - of - 29 shooting from the field . Karl-Anthony Towns had yet another productive night as well , scoring 26 points and grabbing eight rebounds , but besides those two , Minnesota failed to get much else offensively from their team . Ricky Rubio did manage to dish out a game - high 16 assists and grab eight rebounds , but he was n't able to produce enough in the scoring column , ending with just five points on 2 - of - 8 shooting from the field . Up next , the Cavaliers will look to continue to build on their lead in the Eastern Conference on Wednesday against the Pacers , while the Timberwolves will travel to Denver on Wednesday to take on the Nuggets . This season , Ricky Rubio has proven to be a crucial member of Minnesota 's offense with no legitimate backup point guards and now without the services of Zach LaVine ( knee ) . However , while Rubio has been putting up big - time assist numbers as of late , he remains a liability scoring - wise . Tuesday 's performance was yet another example for the Spaniard , as he posted a game - high 16 assists , which was his highest total since he dished out 17 on Jan. 11 against the Rockets . And while Rubio did an adequate job of getting his teammates involved , he struggled to get himself involved , scoring just five points on 2 - of - 8 shooting from the field . This was n't an aberration for the point guard either , as it was the seventh time this season that Rubio was able to record double - digit assists but not reach double - digit points .
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 116 - 108 Tuesday at Target Center. The Timberwolves (21 - 35) managed to keep pace with the East-leading Cavaliers (38 - 16) for a majority of Tuesday's contest, and they were well within striking distance down the final stretch of the game. That was until LeBron James hit a step back three - pointer with two minutes remaining to take his team's lead from three points to six. At that point, Minnesota was finished. James finished with 25 points on an efficient 10 - of - 14 shooting from the field to go along with 14 assists and eight rebounds as the Cavaliers walked out of the Target Center with their second straight victory and their sixth win in their last seven games. Kyrie Irving added 25 points of his own, Channing Frye posted a double - double of 21 points and 10 rebounds as Kevin Love's replacement and the newest Cavalier, Derrick Williams, came off the bench to score 13 points Tuesday. As for those Timberwolves, a brilliant performance from Andrew Wiggins ended up not being enough for a team that has lacked a strong supporting cast all season. After scoring 20 points in the third quarter, Wiggins finished the game with 41 points on 16 - of - 29 shooting from the field. Karl-Anthony Towns had yet another productive night as well, scoring 26 points and grabbing eight rebounds, but besides those two, Minnesota failed to get much else offensively from their team. Ricky Rubio did manage to dish out a game - high 16 assists and grab eight rebounds, but he wasn't able to produce enough in the scoring column, ending with just five points on 2 - of - 8 shooting from the field. Up next, the Cavaliers will look to continue to build on their lead in the Eastern Conference on Wednesday against the Pacers, while the Timberwolves will travel to Denver on Wednesday to take on the Nuggets.
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 116 - 108 Tuesday at Target Center. The Timberwolves (21 - 35) managed to keep pace with the East-leading Cavaliers (38 - 16) for a majority of Tuesday's contest, and they were well within striking distance down the final stretch of the game. That was until LeBron James hit a step back three - pointer with two minutes remaining to take his team's lead from three points to six. At that point, Minnesota was finished. James finished with 25 points on an efficient 10 - of - 14 shooting from the field to go along with 14 assists and eight rebounds as the Cavaliers walked out of the Target Center with their second straight victory and their sixth win in their last seven games. Kyrie Irving added 25 points of his own, Channing Frye posted a double - double of 21 points and 10 rebounds as Kevin Love's replacement and the newest Cavalier, Derrick Williams, came off the bench to score 13 points Tuesday. As for those Timberwolves, a brilliant performance from Andrew Wiggins ended up not being enough for a team that has lacked a strong supporting cast all season. After scoring 20 points in the third quarter, Wiggins finished the game with 41 points on 16 - of - 29 shooting from the field. Karl-Anthony Towns had yet another productive night as well, scoring 26 points and grabbing eight rebounds, but besides those two, Minnesota failed to get much else offensively from their team. Ricky Rubio did manage to dish out a game - high 16 assists and grab eight rebounds, but he wasn't able to produce enough in the scoring column, ending with just five points on 2 - of - 8 shooting from the field. Up next, the Cavaliers will look to continue to build on their lead in the Eastern Conference on Wednesday against the Pacers, while the Timberwolves will travel to Denver on Wednesday to take on the Nuggets. This season, Ricky Rubio has proven to be a crucial member of Minnesota's offense with no legitimate backup point guards and now without the services of Zach LaVine (knee). However, while Rubio has been putting up big - time assist numbers as of late, he remains a liability scoring - wise. Tuesday's performance was yet another example for the Spaniard, as he posted a game - high 16 assists, which was his highest total since he dished out 17 on Jan. 11 against the Rockets. And while Rubio did an adequate job of getting his teammates involved, he struggled to get himself involved, scoring just five points on 2 - of - 8 shooting from the field. This wasn't an aberration for the point guard either, as it was the seventh time this season that Rubio was able to record double - digit assists but not reach double - digit points.
<GAME> <DATE> 14 February 2017 <DAY> Tuesday <STADIUM> Target Center <CITY> Minneapolis <HOME> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 108 <WINS-LOSSES> 21 35 <QTRS> 30 31 32 15 <TEAM-AST> 27 <3PT> 9 <TEAM-FG> 42 <TEAM-FT> 15 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 9 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 15 February 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Pepsi Center <NEXT-CITY> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Nuggets <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 116 <WINS-LOSSES> 38 16 <QTRS> 26 43 24 23 <TEAM-AST> 27 <3PT> 13 <TEAM-FG> 44 <TEAM-FT> 15 <TEAM-REB> 43 <TEAM-TO> 10 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 15 February 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <NEXT-CITY> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Indiana <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pacers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 41 <PTS> 41 <FG> 16 29 55 <FG3> 4 8 50 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Karl-Anthony Towns <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 26 <FG> 11 19 58 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 8 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Rush <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nemanja Bjelica <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ricky Rubio <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 8 <AST> 16 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lance Stephenson <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kris Dunn <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan Hill <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyus Jones <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cole Aldrich <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <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> Kyrie Irving <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 25 <FG> 10 27 37 <FG3> 2 10 20 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 25 <FG> 10 14 71 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 3 6 50 <REB> 8 <AST> 14 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 6 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Channing Frye <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 21 <FG> 7 15 47 <FG3> 4 11 36 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 14 <FG> 6 7 86 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 11 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 6 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Derrick Williams <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 7 71 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 9 33 <FG3> 3 8 38 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle Korver <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kay Felder <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> DeAndre Liggins <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan McRae <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <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> VIS-11 <MIN> 9 <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