LBJ Gets Double-Double As Cavaliers Trap T-Wolves 92-84

LeBron James decided to give it a go at game time, despite spraining his right ankle?Wednesday night when?Cleveland lost to the Boston Celtics, and the ankle seemed to hold up quite well as he recorded a double-double leading the Cavaliers Friday night to a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves 92-84. LBJ led four Cleveland starters?in double figures in the victory.

The T-Wolves played themselves a good game, they were able to stand toe to toe with Cleveland for most of the contest. the two teams were knotted up at 20-20 at the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers had pushed their lead in the second quarter to 8 points, several times the last time being at 40-32, when James hit a 10 foot “J”. But the?Wolves scored 4 points at the end of the period, and they were down only 40-36 when the game reached the half. Cleveland went ahead early in the third period, but Minnesota stormed back as Sebastian Telfair hit a 25 foot trey with 5:22 left in the quarter to put the Timberwolves up 54-53. That however would be their last lead of the game as the Cavaliers went on a 13-5 run to close out the quarter with a 66-59 lead. Minnesota fell behind early once again in the fourth but pulled within four points as Craig Smith hit a layup with 4:43 left in the game to put the score at 79-75. But the T-Wolves simply ran out of gas, and that was the last time they threatened.

James scored 30 points, 13 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, in the victory. Devin Brown scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, Delonte West scored 12 points,?5 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal. Damon Jones scored 11 points as he came off the bench, 1 assist, Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 10 points, 6 boards, 4 blocks, 1 assist.

Al Jefferson recorded a double-double for the T-Wolves as he scored 22 points, he grabbed 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 block. Corey Brewer scored 15? points, 4?steals, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, Ryan Gomes scored 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block. Sebastian Telfair scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, Rodney McCants also scored 11 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 block. Cleveland after the win improves to 33-26, Minnesota is 12-45.