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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 27 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 113 |
 Cavaliers | 24 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 118 |
LACTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 46-10344.7% | 10-3528.6% | 11-1478.6% | 55 | 29 | 15 |
| CLE | 42-9046.7% | 11-3333.3% | 23-2979.3% | 51 | 24 | 15 |
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 Cavaliers118| 46 | 39 | 17-26 | 4-9 | 0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +8.2 | |||||
| 42 | 25 | 9-18 | 3-7 | 4-4 | +9 | +6.2 | ||||||||
| 36 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −6.8 | |||||
| 28 | 9 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −2.6 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −2.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 23 | 6-16 | 0-1 | 11-13 | +19 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 28 | 9 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +25 | +0.3 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.3 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 118 | 42-9046.7% | 11-3333.3% | 51 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 23-2979.3% | 8 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 40 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Ante Zizic (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers113| 43 | 15 | 6-10 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +6.9 | ||||||
| 42 | 23 | 8-25 | 2-8 | 5-6 | −8 | −0.6 | ||||||||
| 40 | 20 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | −7 | +9.2 | ||||||||
| 35 | 16 | 6-18 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −9.0 | |||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 13 | 5-16 | 0-5 | 3-3 | 0 | −17 | −7.8 | |||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −4.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +3.9 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | ||||
| Team | 113 | 46-10344.7% | 10-3528.6% | 55 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 11-1478.6% | 13 | 7 | 10 | |||
Bench 26 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Willie Reed, Brice Johnson and Jamil Wilson (coach’s decision); Patrick Beverley (injury/illness).
Cavaliers118Clippers113ClickTap 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.
LeBron James had 39 points (16 in the fourth quarter) and 14 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the LA Clippers 118-113 in overtime for their fourth straight win.
The Cavaliers trailed 81-66 with 3:14 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Clippers 52-32 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Clippers 20-9. James (No. 1 in clutch wins added, 2017-18) scored 11 of the Cavaliers’ 20 on 4 for 7 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Kevin Love had 25 points and 8 rebounds, and Dwyane Wade added 23 points (17 in the second quarter) and 11 rebounds off the bench. James scored 16 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Blake Griffin had 23 points and 12 rebounds but shot 8 for 25, and DeAndre Jordan added 20 points, 22 rebounds and 3 blocks on 10 for 12 shooting. Wesley Johnson had 15 points, 3 steals and 4 blocks.
The Cavaliers shot 46.7% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Clippers’ 44.7% and 28.6%. The Clippers outscored the Cavaliers 64-46 in the paint. The Cavaliers outscored the Clippers 28-15 in 11 minutes with James, Wade, Korver, Smith and Love on the floor together.
Cleveland CavaliersLA ClippersPS, 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. The Cavaliers’ chance bottomed out at 8.8% (3rd quarter, 2:54 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 90 shots: 0.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-30 | 70.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 2-8 | 25.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-19 | 42.1% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-26 | 34.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Griffin | 36 | 11 | 5-10 | −1 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 20 | 7 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Wesley Johnson | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 8 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 13 | 6-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 39 points on 93 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Jordan | 56 | 12 | 5-9 | −1 |
| Blake Griffin | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Wesley Johnson | 8 | 6 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Sam Dekker | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 20 | 6 | 3-7 | +3 |
| Austin Rivers | 18 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 15 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Lou Williams | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
James 24' 3PT Jump Shot (36 PTS) (Love 2 AST)
Q4 0:48
40.6%
14→55
James 16' Turnaround Fadeaway (39 PTS)
OT 0:32
17.9%
82→100
James 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (33 PTS)
Q4 2:01
16.9%
21→37
Williams 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 1:12
16.9%
37→21
Love 25' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (James 6 AST)
OT 1:47
16.3%
79→95
