Jim Mone, Associated Press
Tonight the Cleveland Cavaliers (4-15, 13th in the East) travel to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves (8-9, 11th in the West). Once again this is another battle of two teams without their starting PGs. This is getting to be a theme for this season with the Cavaliers recently playing Memphis without Mike Conley and Chicago without Derrick Rose. Tonight they take on Minnesota without Ricky Rubio while Kyrie Irving remains out for the Cavaliers. Dion Waiters did not travel with the team and will also miss this game.
For this preview, we’re going to do something a little different. We were approached by John Flesta of the Wolves blog TimberPups.com to do a collaborative Q&A. John and Big Al from TimberPups answered 3 questions about the Wolves that I submitted and I answered 3 questions about the Cavaliers from John. Hope you enjoy the insight from some guys who follow the Wolves on a daily basis.
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Cavs Question #1 for Andrew:
Since Kyrie Irving’s ...
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PLAYERS:
Ricky Rubio,
Kyrie Irving,
Dion Waiters,
Alonzo Gee,
Tristan Thompson,
Anderson Varejao,
Jeremy Pargo,
Derrick Williams,
David Kahn,
Kevin Love,
Dante Cunningham,
O.J. Mayo,
Larry Hughes,
Brandon Roy,
Andrei Kirilenko,
Chase Budinger,
Alexey Shved,
Rick Adelman,
Marc Gasol,
Zach Randolph,
Luke Ridnour,
Nikola Pekovic
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies
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