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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

January 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Timberwolves 146-134 on 2026-01-10 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 11 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 6 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Anthony Edwards as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 146

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Evan Mobley GS 31:33 24 4 3 2 0 1 1 11-16 0-3 2-4 0
Donovan Mitchell GS 31:25 28 3 8 1 0 1 2 9-21 4-10 6-7 +1
Darius Garland GS 28:43 22 0 6 0 0 0 2 10-13 1-3 1-1 +21
Jarrett Allen GS 28:10 16 11 4 1 1 0 3 6-10 0-0 4-5 +22
Sam Merrill GS 25:30 20 2 1 3 0 2 2 5-7 5-6 5-5 +20
Jaylon Tyson 26:19 23 2 2 0 0 2 2 9-12 4-4 1-1 +14
Craig Porter Jr. 25:34 0 6 8 1 0 1 1 0-4 0-2 0-0 -5
De'Andre Hunter 21:06 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1-5 0-2 2-2 -6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 16:08 4 1 2 2 0 1 3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0
Tyrese Proctor 2:50 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Thomas Bryant 2:42 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 -3
Totals 146 31 38 10 2 9 18 55-92 15-31 21-25

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 134

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 35:08 25 5 3 0 2 1 1 10-24 4-9 1-2 -16
Donte DiVincenzo GS 34:30 15 3 6 2 0 4 0 6-9 3-6 0-0 -11
Rudy Gobert GS 31:24 8 12 2 1 3 2 4 4-6 0-0 0-0 -8
Julius Randle GS 30:48 20 4 4 1 0 2 2 8-15 1-5 3-3 -20
Jaden McDaniels GS 26:40 12 1 1 0 0 1 4 4-7 0-2 4-5 -17
Naz Reid 28:08 25 5 3 0 2 3 3 9-12 5-6 2-2 -4
Bones Hyland 20:28 12 2 7 1 0 1 0 5-8 2-2 0-0 -5
Jaylen Clark 15:15 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-1 1-2 +5
Joe Ingles 6:19 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 1-1 1-1 2-2 0
Leonard Miller 2:50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +4
Joan Beringer 2:50 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 3-3 0-0 0-0 +4
Johnny Juzang 2:50 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 2-2 +4
Rob Dillingham 2:50 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 1-2 +4
Totals 134 40 31 8 7 15 19 51-89 16-32 16-20

Lineups

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Jaylen Clark: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Evan Mobley Julius Randle: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Rudy Gobert: 17 poss., 15 pts (7/10)
Craig Porter Jr. Bones Hyland: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson Anthony Edwards: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Darius Garland Jaden McDaniels: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jarrett Allen Rudy Gobert: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Julius Randle: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Sam Merrill Donte DiVincenzo: 19 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 7 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
De'Andre Hunter Naz Reid: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Anthony Edwards: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Naz Reid: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant Joan Beringer: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor Johnny Juzang: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Joan Beringer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Jaylon Tyson: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Donovan Mitchell: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Sam Merrill: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Julius Randle Evan Mobley: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Jarrett Allen: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Rudy Gobert Jarrett Allen: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid De'Andre Hunter: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jaden McDaniels Darius Garland: 26 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Craig Porter Jr.: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Clark Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Sam Merrill: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Thomas Bryant: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Craig Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thomas Bryant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)