SPORTS BKN-CAVS-TWOLVES 6 MS

The Cleveland Cavaliers' Richard Jefferson (24) dunks ahead of Minnesota Timberwolves' Cole Aldrich in the first half at Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. The Cavs won 116-108. (Jerry Holt/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

• Team: Cleveland Cavaliers (39-16) 

• Points per game: 5.1

• Field goals: 94-226 (41.6 percent) 

• 3-pointers: 35-121 (28.9 percent) 

• Free throws: 53-72 (73.6 percent) 

• Rebounds per game: 2.4

• Assists per game: 0.9

• Steals per game: 0.3

• Blocks per game: 0.1

• Turnovers per game: 0.6

• Minutes played per game: 19.5 (54 games played) 


• Breakout game: Jefferson's best game of the season so far came in a 90-82 win over the Pelicans on Jan. 2. Jefferson posted his only double-double of the season with 12 points (4-9 FGs) and a season-high 12 rebounds. He also had two assists across 29 minutes. 

Jefferson's best play of the season, however, came on Christmas day in the NBA Finals rematch between the Cavs and the Golden State Warriors. RJ posterized Klay Thompson with a massive dunk. Check it out below. 


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