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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bucks | 28 | 39 | 23 | 29 | 119 |
 Cavaliers | 39 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 124 |
MILTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 47-8356.6% | 13-3043.3% | 12-1675.0% | 36 | 29 | 16 |
| CLE | 41-8250.0% | 9-1850.0% | 33-3886.8% | 39 | 18 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Cleveland Cavaliers124| 37 | 30 | 10-20 | 2-4 | 8-10 | 0 | +6 | +12.8 | |||||||
| 37 | 20 | 7-12 | 5-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +5 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 32 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 14-16 | +2 | +18.6 | ||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7.2 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −7.0 | |||||
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| 27 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +2 | +0.1 | ||||||||
| 19 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.7 | ||
| 18 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.6 | ||||
| Team | 124 | 41-8250.0% | 9-1850.0% | 39 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 33-3886.8% | 12 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 27 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Cedi Osman, Ante Zizic, Channing Frye and Jose Calderon (coach’s decision).
Milwaukee Bucks119| 41 | 20 | 8-17 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4.9 | ||||||
| 40 | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 40 | 40 | 16-21 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 0 | −7 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 37 | 22, Ties his career high | 9-17 | 4-6, Ties his career high | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −5 | −2.7 | |||||||
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| 17 | 16 | 6-11 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.9 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −4.5 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.2 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | ||
| Team | 119 | 47-8356.6% | 13-3043.3% | 36 | 29 | 16 | 31 | 12-1675.0% | 8 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Sterling Brown, Rashad Vaughn and D.J. Wilson (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers124Bucks119ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Kevin Love had 32 points (16 in the paint) and 16 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-119.
JR Smith’s 3-pointer put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 7:10 left in the third quarter.
The Bucks got within 94-93 on Mirza Teletovic’s 3-pointer with 11:41 to play, but Iman Shumpert answered with a 16-foot pull-up jumper, and the Bucks got no closer.
LeBron James had 30 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, and Smith added 20 points with 5 3-pointers. The Cavaliers had 2 30-point scorers. Love and James set each other up for 7 baskets and 15 points.
For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points (32 in the paint), 9 rebounds and 3 blocks on 16 for 21 shooting, and Malcolm Brogdon added 22 points and 6 assists. Khris Middleton had 20 points, 11 assists and 3 steals. The Bucks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Cavaliers went 33 for 38 at the line to the Bucks’ 12 for 16. Antetokounmpo fouled out.
Cleveland CavaliersMilwaukee BucksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 82 shots: 3.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-35 | 51.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-11 | 27.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 11-18 | 61.1% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-4 | 75.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-14 | 42.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henson | 21 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
| Thon Maker | 18 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Khris Middleton | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 10 | 5-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 38 | 9 | 4-7 | −4 |
| Khris Middleton | 12 | 7 | 3-7 | +3 |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Thon Maker | 5 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Snell | 28 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 17 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 12 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Khris Middleton | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 7 | 3-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIL
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Teletovic 24' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Antetokounmpo 3 AST)
Q4 7:33
12.7%
95→82
Smith 26' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Wade 3 AST)
Q4 9:53
11.0%
68→79
James 2' Cutting Layup Shot (20 PTS) (Love 2 AST)
Q3 3:05
10.9%
66→77
Crowder 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (James 4 AST)
Q3 10:58
10.7%
47→58
Teletovic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Brogdon 6 AST)
Q4 9:25
10.6%
79→68
