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New Locked On Cavs for the night owls! Talking about the Cavs win over the Wolves on Monday night, Meleek Thomas having an incredible debut and more!
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Kenny Atkinson on Meleek Thomas playing tonight:
“After watching the Brooklyn game it was a gut feel, I was like, ‘we need this guy in the lineup.’”
I'll have lots more from this game over at Locked On Cavs and The Inside Shot!
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#Cavs earn a really impressive 127-125 overtime win to hand Minnesota its first loss of the season. Cavs played an excellent 2nd half after trailing by as many as 15 points in the first half.
Donovan Mitchell, James Harden and Evan Mobley all hit some huge shots, Peyton Watson had a few massive defensive plays and Meleek Thomas rocked in his debut.
#Cavs earn a really impressive 127-125 overtime win to hand Minnesota its first loss of the season. Cavs played an excellent 2nd half after trailing by as many as 15 points in the first half.
Donovan Mitchell, James Harden and Evan Mobley all hit some huge shots, Peyton Watson had a few massive defensive plays and Meleek Thomas rocked in his debut.
#Cavs are starting overtime with Sam Merrill on the floor instead of Jarrett Allen.
#Cavs and the Wolves are headed to overtime tied at 113. Peyton Watson's block of Anthony Edwards on Minnesota's final possession was massive, but the Wolves had a foul to give and used it with 0.6 left on the clock before Donovan Mitchell got into his shooting motion. Tough sequence.
Incredible block by Peyton Watson on a would-be go-ahead shot from Anthony Edwards. #Cavs have a chance to win in regulation.
Kuminga misses one FT, Mitchell misses a 3-pointer but the #Cavs get an offensive rebound that leads to a game-tying James Harden floater with 10.4 left. Minnesota ball after the timeout.
They're going to the monitor to check if Donovan Mitchell committed a flagrant foul on Jonathan Kuminga.
#Cavs are down by three with 38.7 left in regulation. They had a few chances to take the lead in this stretch and haven't been able to. They haven't been able to string together stops, either. Edwards has really hurt them and Ball just beat the shot clock with a lay up.
Mario Hezonja snaps an 11-0 Minnesota run with a 3-pointer on the left wing. Minnesota has hit a couple of threes on second chance opportunities that have really hurt the Cavs.
#Cavs and the Wolves are tied at 86 after three quarters. Cleveland trailed by 10 at halftime and as many as 15 earlier in the night before a really strong third quarter.
Meleek Thomas leads the Cavs with 16 points off the bench in his NBA debut, just like we all expected.
James Harden has had a much better third quarter than first half tonight. He's got eight of his 10 points after halftime and the #Cavs have the lead back after trailing by as many as 15 points earlier. Everything has been much better in the second half.
James Harden with a couple of threes, Peyton Watson with a second highlight reel block of the night and suddenly the #Cavs have cut Minnesota's lead down to just three points after trailing by as many as 15.
Worth noting that Kenny Atkinson only played nine guys in the first half tonight -- no Craig Porter Jr. or Tyrese Proctor. Meleek Thomas got all of their minutes and played well.
#Cavs trail the Wolves 60-50 at halftime. Not a ton to like from that Cavs in that half other than Meleek Thomas. He's got 10 points to lead the Cavs. Anthony Edwards has torched Cleveland with 20 points despite missing all four 3s he took.