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Cavaliers at Timberwolves · Mon, Jan 11 · 8:00 PM ET

Cleveland at Minnesota. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Timberwolves edges

No clear mismatch in Minnesota's favor.

Key battles

  • Cleveland's offense shoots efficiently (4th), but Minnesota's defense contests every shot (5th). Watch the shooting.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
CLERankStatRankMIN
120.26thOffensive rating12th117.6
116.015thDefensive rating8th114.3
+4.19thNet rating10th+3.3
99.113thPace9th99.8
56.14thEffective FG %6th55.9
11.79thTurnover %18th12.4
26.99thOffensive rebound %15th25.7
20.616thFree throw rate10th21.5
54.314thOpponent eFG %5th52.9
12.513thForced turnover %14th12.4
74.411thDefensive rebound %20th73.7
20.917thOpponent FT rate24th22.0

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

Timberwolves5-5 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. W
  7. W
  8. L
  9. W
  10. W

2025-26 series: Thu, Jan 8 CLE 122, MIN 131 · Sat, Jan 10 MIN 134, CLE 146

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers