NBA - Minnesota Timberwolves v Cleveland Cavaliers 


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2024/25 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Regular Season
Minnesota Timberwolves v Cleveland Cavaliers 
Target Center 
Minneapolis, USA
Sunday, 19 January 2025
04h00 CAT 
 
Minnesota Timberwolves will square off with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season match on 19 January.
 
Head-to-Head 
 
This will be the 68th meeting between the two teams in the regular season since their first game in 1989 when the Timberwolves were formed.
 
The Cavaliers have the upper hand in this rivalry having recorded 40 wins compared to the Timberwolves' 27 victories from 67 matches. 
 
Most recent meeting 
 
The Timberwolves defeated the Cavaliers, 104-91 at the Target Center on 23 March 2024.
 
The Timberwolves improved to 48-22, while the Cavaliers fall to 43-27.
 
Key Players
 
The Timberwolves' key player is Mike Conley who recorded 21 points (3-6 3PM), six assists, and two rebounds as they defeated the Cavaliers on 23 March and he will be keen to replicate the same form.
 
Darius Garland, on the other hand, tallied 19 points and four assists for the Cavaliers in the losing effort and he will be determined to ensure that his side avenge their defeat to the Timberwolves. 
 
Quotes
 
“The physicality rises in the playoffs. Defensively applying more physicality, and then offensively, [being] able to handle the physicality," Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson said on Cleveland Daily on 12 January. 
 
"I think we have lapses where teams start getting into us, and we don’t cut as hard, we don’t screen as hard, we don’t get open as we should. So just having that edge to us on both ends in terms of physicality.”
 

NBA fixtures - 18-19 January


Saturday, 18 January

02:00 - Boston Celtics v Orlando Magic
02:30 - New York Knicks v Minnesota Timberwolves
03:00 - Chicago Bulls v Charlotte Hornets
03:00 - Miami Heat v Denver Nuggets
03:00 - Milwaukee Bucks v Toronto Raptors
03:00 - New Orleans Pelicans v Utah Jazz
03:30 - Dallas Mavericks v Oklahoma City Thunder
04:30 - San Antonio Spurs v Memphis Grizzlies
05:30 - Los Angeles Lakers v Brooklyn Nets
23:00 - Detroit Pistons v Phoenix Suns

Sunday, 19 January

02:00 - Boston Celtics v Atlanta Hawks
02:00 - Indiana Pacers v Philadelphia 76ers
03:30 - Golden State Warriors v Washington Wizards
04:00 - Minnesota Timberwolves v Cleveland Cavaliers
05:00 - Portland Trail Blazers v Houston Rockets
22:00 - Miami Heat v San Antonio Spurs
 

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Published: 01/17/2025