Both teams sit in third place in their respective conferences - and both, due to injuries, have found the going tough lately. Minnesota 5-5 in the last ten - Cleveland 4-6. Injuries will likely figure into tonight's game as well. The Cavs won the first matchup this year 113-104 - a game, it should be noted, in which Anthony Edwards went 7 of 27 from the floor. He's been better lately - and should figure into this final regular season game between the teams. Cavs who WILL play tonight and that we need to account for - Darius Garland, who scored 34 against us on March 8th, and who had a career high 51 against us in 2022 - and Jarrett Allen, who had his way with us in the last game with a 33/18 line and 21 trips to the FT line.
The Timberwolves are favored by 7.5 points.
Injury Report:
Cleveland - Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Max Strus, Dean Wade and Ty Jerome are all Out. Isaiah Mobley and Pete Nance are on G League assignment.
Minnesota - Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaylen Clark are Out. Rudy Gobert, Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards are Questionable. Naz's nebulously described "head injury" is finally being listed by the NBA as what we suspected all along - "concussion protocol".
Cheers Froobs and Go Timberwolves!
