{"id":947938,"date":"2026-10-27T08:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947938\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:26:12","slug":"cavs-edge-twolves-in-overtime-despite-superb-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947938\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs edge T’Wolves in overtime despite superb Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n The Cleveland Cavaliers ended the Minnesota Timberwolves’ perfect start to the NBA season, winning 127-125 in an overtime thriller despite 47 points from Anthony Edwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell and James Harden led the scoring for the victorious Cavs, with 26 and 19 points apiece, as Cleveland moved to 2-1.<\/p>\n

“Tough win for us, especially early in the season,” said Harden, who added four rebounds and nine assists.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves, having won their opening three games, led for much of the night, with a 15-point advantage in the first half.<\/p>\n

Edwards, only cleared to play late after being listed as questionable with a right knee injury, had made an electric start, with 11 points in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

But the Cavaliers rallied to pull level in the third quarter, and then had to come from behind again after slipping to a seven-point deficit in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Harden’s driving floater with 10 seconds remaining tied the game, and a blocked Edwards layup with four seconds left sent it to overtime at 113-113.<\/p>\n

With just a minute left in overtime, Edwards tied the game again with a trey so close to the arc that a video replay was required.<\/p>\n

But Mitchell re-established Cleveland’s lead with a go-ahead midrange jumper, and when Minnesota’s Jonathan Kuminga missed a free throw with 30 seconds left, the Cavaliers pulled clear.<\/p>\n

Harden made two more free throws, leaving the Timberwolves requiring three points, but Edwards’ clutch effort bounced off the rim.<\/p>\n

Peyton Watson poured in two more free throws for Cleveland to bury the contest.<\/p>\n

“We made a lot of mistakes on both ends of the basketball in that first half… second half, we did a better job,” said Harden.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Oklahoma City Thunder improved to 4-0 with a hard-fought 125-114 win over the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n

Ajay Mitchell led the scoring with a career-high 30, supported by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who added 26.<\/p>\n

“This league is about winning games, and that’s all that matters,” said Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n

“We were just ready to go. Guys were ready to go. Guys were ready to step up,” added the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n

The Houston Rockets also stayed perfect with a 120-110 win over the Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n

It is their first 4-0 start since 2014, with star Kevin Durant rested for the entire fourth quarter in an ultimately comfortable win.<\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his first triple-double with new team Miami even as the Heat (0-4) suffered a 113-109 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo, a two-time league MVP who left the Milwaukee Bucks this summer, scored 29 points with 14 rebounds and 11 assists.<\/p>\n

Mavericks teen star Cooper Flagg also scored 29, with 11 assists, six rebounds and a career-high five steals.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies also improved to 4-0 with a 110-105 win over the Utah Jazz, while Brandon Miller scored 39 points as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards 110-103.<\/p>\n

And the Golden State Warriors earned their first victory of the season with a 134-114 triumph over the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n

Stephen Curry made 8-of-8 field goal attempts for 24 points.<\/p>\n

“Just staying patient. We’ve been working on some offensive approach where I know I get a lot of attention, trying not to force things,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know it was going to be a perfect night like that, but glad it all came together.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers ended the Minnesota Timberwolves’ perfect start to the NBA season, winning 127-125 in an overtime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-947938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}