The Cavaliers had their chances to put the reeling T-Wolves away early and couldn’t – and their late rally wasn’t quite enough either.
The Wine & Gold dropped their fourth straight road contest and second on their two-game trip – falling to Minnesota, 109-104, on Sunday night at the Target Center.
Cleveland jumped out to a double-figure lead late in the first half, but the shorthanded Wolves wrangled the lead away near the close of the third quarter and never trailed in the fourth.
The Cavaliers used a 9-0 run in the final two minutes to get to within three and narrow the final margin, but that just made Sunday’s winnable contest that much tougher to swallow.