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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 27 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 106 |
 Wizards | 23 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 99 |
CLETeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 41-8747.1% | 14-3441.2% | 10-1283.3% | 42 | 24 | 8 |
| WAS | 39-9142.9% | 12-3336.4% | 9-1656.3% | 51 | 20 | 10 |
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 Cavaliers106| 41 | 20 | 8-23 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 0 | +4 | −1.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 25 | 9-20 | 5-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +2.9 | |||||
| 29 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.2 | ||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.8 | |||||
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| 29 | 15 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | +5 | +2.6 | |||||
| 24 | 11 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.7 | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.9 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.3 | ||
| Team | 106 | 41-8747.1% | 14-3441.2% | 42 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 10-1283.3% | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 40 points on 15 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Ante Zizic (coach’s decision).
Washington Wizards99| 43 | 27 | 10-27 | 4-13 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 32 | 15 | 6-16 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-2 | −2 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −11 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 19 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | +1 | +5.6 | ||||||||
| 25 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −5.6 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.0 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −8 | −1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 99 | 39-9142.9% | 12-3336.4% | 51 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 9-1656.3% | 13 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 29 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Tim Frazier, Chris McCullough and Jason Smith (coach’s decision); Otto Porter Jr. (injury/illness).
Cavaliers106Wizards99ClickTap 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 scored 25 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Washington Wizards 106-99 for their fifth straight win.
LeBron James’ pull-up 3-pointer put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 9:15 left in the fourth quarter.
The Wizards got within 97-94 on Markieff Morris’ free throw with 3:39 to play, but Love answered with a 3-pointer, and the Wizards got no closer.
In the fourth quarter, James had 4 of his 15 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Kyle Korver that tied the game.
James had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists but shot 8 for 23, his sixth triple-double of the season.
For the Wizards, Bradley Beal scored 27 points, and Mike Scott added 19 points (8 in the second quarter) off the bench.
The Cavaliers shot 47.1% from the field and 41.2% from 3 to the Wizards’ 42.9% and 36.4%. The Wizards forced 9 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Cavaliers did not make a field goal in the last 3:02.
Cleveland CavaliersWashington WizardsPS, 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).
96 points from the field on 87 shots: 5.0 more 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 | 17-26 | 65.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-2 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-32 | 40.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcin Gortat | 24 | 10 | 4-8 | +4 |
| Mike Scott | 12 | 7 | 3-6 | +4 |
| Markieff Morris | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| John Wall | 6 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Scott | 32 | 7 | 3-11 | −4 |
| Bradley Beal | 13 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Markieff Morris | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 6 | 3-9 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Beal | 24 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| John Wall | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Markieff Morris | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 5 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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.
WAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CLE
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Highest Leverage Moments
Love 26' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Green 2 AST)
Q4 3:24
15.7%
29→14
James 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 9:15
15.2%
58→43
Green 3' Turnaround Hook Shot (15 PTS) (James 15 AST)
Q4 5:46
13.1%
34→21
Scott 21' Step Back Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Beal 4 AST)
Q4 5:30
13.1%
21→34
Oubre Jr. 1' Putback Dunk (11 PTS)
Q4 6:02
12.5%
21→34
