Game Summary
The Cavaliers will play their final road game before the All-Star break when they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night at the Target Center. Tipoff is at 8:00 p.m. (ET).
Cleveland is 3-1 in their last four road games and leads the Eastern Conference with a 37-16 overall record.
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The Cavs are coming off a 125-109 win over Denver on Saturday, which was the fourth time in six games they’ve put up at least 125 points. This February (5-1 record), the Cavs are averaging 123.7 points on .523 shooting from the field and 26.0 assists. Cleveland has shot at least .500 from the field four times this month, while also dishing out 30 or more assists on three occasions.
Cleveland defeated the Wolves by 28 points (125-97) on February 1 at The Q where the Cavs had a season-high 37 assists on 48 field goals. The Wine and Gold shot .539 (48-89) from the field, including .405 (15-37) from beyond the arc, and outrebounded the Timberwolves, 48-38. Defensively, the Cavs held Minnesota to .436 (41-94) shooting from the field, while tallying a season-high 10 blocks and 10 steals on the night.
Those stats don't bode well for the TWolves who enter Tuesday's contest having dropped five straight contests against the Cavs.
The young Timberwolves are led by a pair of emerging stars in Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns.
In his third-year out of Kansas, Wiggins is averaging a career-high 22.5 points while the second-year Towns is putting up averages of 23.7 points to go along with 11.9 rebounds.
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TV: FOX Sports Ohio, NBATV
Radio: WTAM 1100, 100.7 WMMS, 87.7 La Mega
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Probable Starters/Status Update*
#2 - Kyrie Irving
#14 - DeAndre Liggins
#23 - LeBron James
#8 - Channing Frye
#13 - Tristan Thompson
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#9 - Ricky Rubio
#4 - Brandon Rush
#22 - Andrew Wiggins
#5 - Gorgui Dieng
#32 - Karl-Anthony Towns
Status Update: (Cavs) - J.R. Smith, (Right Thumb Fracture, Out), Kevin Love, (Left Knee Effusion, Out), Iman Shumpert, (Left Ankle Sprain, Questionable)
Status Update: (Timberwolves) - Nikola Pekovic, (Right Ankle, Out)
*Subject to change.
Taming the TWolves
The Cavs have won five straight contests over the Timberwolves, defeating them an average margin of 19.7 points (119.0-99.4) over that stretch.
Cleveland has scored over 100 points in all five previous meetings, including three contests in which they have poured in 125 points.
Overall, the Cavs are shooting .516 from the field (.404 3FG%) and averaging 26.0 assists in their last five games against Minnesota.
This is the second and final meeting between the two teams this season.
On Deck
On Wednesday night, the Wine and Gold welcome a Pacers team eager to avenge a loss in Indy last week. Following the All-Star break, the New York Knicks come to The Q to start the unofficial second-half on February 23.FIND SEATS | VIEW FULL SCHEDULE