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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

January 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Cavaliers 131-122 on 2026-01-08 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Craig Porter Jr. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 11 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Anthony Edwards as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 4 points (1/9) in his matchups, with Craig Porter Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels GS	38:08	26	5	1	2	0	1	2	11-14	3-4	1-4	+12
Anthony Edwards GS	37:21	25	7	9	1	1	4	3	10-20	4-7	1-2	+19
Rudy Gobert GS	36:51	11	13	3	2	0	1	2	5-5	0-0	1-3	+8
Julius Randle GS	35:12	28	11	8	0	0	4	3	10-21	3-7	5-6	+31
Donte DiVincenzo GS	34:03	22	1	4	1	0	1	4	8-13	6-10	0-0	+15
Naz Reid	23:57	9	6	3	1	1	4	1	3-6	2-4	1-2	-21
Mike Conley	14:00	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-6
Jaylen Clark	10:44	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	2-4	1-1	0-0	-6
Bones Hyland	9:44	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	-7
Totals		131	45	33	8	2	17	21	51-89	20-38	9-17

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	37:31	19	4	3	0	1	3	4	8-11	3-5	0-1	+2
Donovan Mitchell GS	36:50	30	7	8	1	0	4	4	10-20	2-8	8-9	+4
Darius Garland GS	36:33	16	1	8	2	0	2	1	7-16	1-4	1-4	-24
Jarrett Allen GS	29:57	11	10	1	2	0	0	1	5-9	0-0	1-2	-29
Craig Porter Jr. GS	14:57	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	-17
Sam Merrill	30:48	22	2	3	1	0	0	3	7-13	5-11	3-3	+6
De'Andre Hunter	27:08	14	7	4	2	0	2	2	6-11	0-3	2-2	+13
Jaylon Tyson	18:20	4	5	1	1	0	1	1	2-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	7:56	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		122	38	31	9	2	12	17	48-91	11-33	15-21

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

Lineups

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 20.4 min
Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland 7.3 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 5.9 min
Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 2.9 min
Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland 2.5 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. Starter 9.3 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 7.9 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 6.6 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 6.5 min
Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 6.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Timberwolves defense

Donovan Mitchell 11 pts (4/7) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Edwards (24 %, 5 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (24 %, 1 pts) · Jaylen Clark (12 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 24 pts (9/16) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Donte DiVincenzo (42 %, 11 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (16 %, 6 pts) · Julius Randle (11 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Donovan Mitchell: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jaden McDaniels	Donovan Mitchell: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Sam Merrill: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rudy Gobert	Jarrett Allen: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Julius Randle	Evan Mobley: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/9) · De'Andre Hunter: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Donte DiVincenzo	Darius Garland: 33 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Sam Merrill: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid	De'Andre Hunter: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley	Sam Merrill: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Darius Garland: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bones Hyland	Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Cavaliers defense

Anthony Edwards 4 pts (1/9) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Craig Porter Jr. (18 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (16 %, 0 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (16 %, 0 pts)
Julius Randle 14 pts (5/9) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (34 %, 0 pts) · Jarrett Allen (16 %, 6 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Donte DiVincenzo: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Donovan Mitchell	Jaden McDaniels: 31 poss., 14 pts (5/9) · Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Evan Mobley	Julius Randle: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rudy Gobert: 20 poss., 12 pts (5/7)
Jarrett Allen	Rudy Gobert: 39 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Julius Randle: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Sam Merrill	Mike Conley: 18 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jaylon Tyson	Naz Reid: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bones Hyland: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Naz Reid: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)