The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for a different outcome as they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves for the second time in as many nights.
Dwelling on Sunday night’s loss is not something that can be done for very due to the fact the Cavaliers host the Timberwolves Monday night. Cleveland will be looking for a much different result as they can avenge their loss from the night before.
There are two clear areas that the Cavs can focus on coming into Monday night, three-pointers and turnovers. Minnesota made four times as many shots from deep (16-4) than Cleveland and turned the ball over nearly half as much (10-19). Closing the gaps in these areas, if not being on the winning end of both of those statistics.
As far as how these teams have performed this season, both give up more points per game than they score and that is part of the reason both have losing records. The Cavaliers score 104.2 and give up 108.7 and the Timberwolves score and give up 106.7 and 116.4 respectively. It seems like Minnesota slightly outperformed their performance in the three-point shooting department Sunday as they average 11.1 makes on 34.1% shooting. It is more than possible that the Timberwolves revert back in this area and that could play into Cleveland’s favor. The Cavs could also see an increase on their end back to their 9.5 three-pointers made and 35.7% shooting.
All in all the Cavaliers just need to have a bounce back performance on both ends of the court. The offense needs to be a little more efficient while the defense needs to make things difficult for Minnesota. This is a scenario that is more than possible and would get the Cavs one game closer to .500 on the year.
