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Cleveland Cavaliers 127-125 Minnesota Timberwolves (OT): Result, Game Stats and Our Prediction

Cleveland Cavaliers 1-1
127-125OT
Minnesota Timberwolves 3-0
Cleveland

Our picks against the result

10 of 26 right

  • Winner Cleveland Cavaliers58% 127-125
  • First half Cleveland Cavaliers ahead53% 50-60 at half-time
  • Total points Below average 252 points · average 231.5
  • Cleveland Cavaliers points Around average 127 points · average 115.5
  • Minnesota Timberwolves points Below average 125 points · average 115.5
  • Total points 252 points 221.5 over62% 231.5 under59% 241.5 under78%
  • James Harden 19 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST PTS under 22.575% REB under 4.552% AST under 7.580%
  • Evan Mobley 18 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST PTS under 17.563% REB under 8.554% AST under 3.560%
  • Donovan Mitchell 26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST PTS under 27.563% REB under 4.551% AST under 5.584%
  • Rudy Gobert 5 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST PTS under 10.575% REB under 11.563% AST under 1.557%
  • Ayo Dosunmu 9 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST PTS under 14.565% REB over 3.550% AST under 3.555%
  • Jaden McDaniels 14 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST PTS under 15.565% REB under 4.554% AST under 2.564%

Game stats

Cleveland Cavaliers Minnesota Timberwolves
  • 127 Points 125
  • 50 First half 60
  • 77 Second half and overtime 65

Points of each team: the final score, the first half and the rest of the game.

Before tip-off

What this page showed before the game: our reasons, the injury report, form and records as they were then.

Game summary

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Minnesota Timberwolves comes in the NBA regular season on Monday 26 October 2026, and our model has the Cavaliers winning at home while the total points fall below the league average.

Why this pick?

Our model leans to a Cleveland Cavaliers win on three small edges: home court, a Minnesota Timberwolves team on the second night of a back-to-back, and a slightly stronger rating for the players both sides expect to have. The clearest argument against it is that the injury report counts against Cleveland, and that carries more than any one of those edges on its own. The pick holds because the edges add up: Minnesota are 3‑0 with two road wins but arrive with no rest at all, while Cleveland have taken four of the last five meetings and their only home game 125‑121. The call is narrow.

Total points: Our model sees the total below the league average. Both teams play at a quicker pace than usual, but that is a small push, and the lower points per possession on either side plus the scoring lost to absences on the injury report weigh more.

Official injury report

Cleveland Cavaliers

No player who matters is listed.

Minnesota Timberwolves

  • Questionable Anthony Edwards (key player)
  • Out Donte DiVincenzo (rotation regular)

The report of 26 Oct, 18:00 (US Eastern time), players with real minutes only.

Last five games

Cleveland Cavaliers

  • W 125-121 vs Brooklyn Nets (H) 24 Oct
  • L 106-114 at Philadelphia 76ers (A) 22 Oct

Minnesota Timberwolves

  • W 117-94 vs Toronto Raptors (H) 25 Oct
  • W 115-93 at Orlando Magic (A) 23 Oct
  • W 131-106 at Miami Heat (A) 21 Oct

Most recent first, all games of the season, overtime included.

Team facts

CLEMIN
Record 1-1 3-0
At home 1-0 1-0
On the road 0-1 2-0
Conference 9 of 15, Eastern Conference 3 of 15, Western Conference
Streak – Won 3 in a row
Days of rest 1 0 (second night of a back-to-back)
Our team rating #8 of 30 #9 of 30
Pace #6 of 30 #9 of 30

Last meetings

  • 10 Jan 2026Cleveland Cavaliers 146-134 Minnesota Timberwolves
  • 9 Jan 2026Minnesota Timberwolves 131-122 Cleveland Cavaliers
  • 11 Feb 2025Cleveland Cavaliers 128-107 Minnesota Timberwolves
  • 19 Jan 2025Minnesota Timberwolves 117-124 Cleveland Cavaliers
  • 23 Mar 2024Minnesota Timberwolves 104-91 Cleveland Cavaliers

Game details

Stage
NBA, Regular season
Tip-off
City
Cleveland

Questions and answers

What was the score of Cleveland Cavaliers vs Minnesota Timberwolves?

Cleveland Cavaliers 127-125 Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA (Regular season) on Monday 26 October 2026, US date. The game went to overtime. It was 50-60 at half-time.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Cleveland Cavaliers vs Minnesota Timberwolves right?

Yes: our pick was Cleveland Cavaliers win, and Cleveland Cavaliers won. 10 of our 26 picks and markets for this game were right.

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