Overview
- Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points as Cleveland had five players with at least 20 and shot 59.2% from the field, including 15-for-31 from three, to snap Minnesota’s four-game win streak.
- Head coach Kenny Atkinson moved Sam Merrill into the starting lineup; he scored 20 and set a franchise record with at least five made threes in four straight games.
- Minnesota led 65-63 at halftime but committed 15 turnovers, and the Cavaliers seized control with a 12-0 third-quarter run and a blistering fourth quarter.
- Anthony Edwards and Naz Reid had 25 points each and Julius Randle added 20 for the Wolves; Edwards played through a right-foot maintenance designation while Mike Conley rested.
- The teams split a rare 48-hour cross-conference home-and-home after Minnesota’s 131-122 win on Jan. 8, when Edwards became the third-youngest to 10,000 points and the Wolves hit 20 threes.