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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 32 | 21 | 16 | 32 | 101 |
 Jazz | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 104 |
CLETeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 34-8142.0% | 12-4030.0% | 21-2680.8% | 46 | 20 | 15 |
| UTA | 38-8246.3% | 10-3132.3% | 18-2185.7% | 43 | 24 | 11 |
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Utah Jazz104| 39 | 29 | 10-17 | 2-6 | 7-8 | 0 | +6 | +7.0 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | +6 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 32 | 16 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +13 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 31 | 10 | 3-11 | 0-4 | 4-5 | 0 | +7 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 30 | 19 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 3-3 | +17 | +5.3 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 12 | 4-13 | 4-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.5 | ||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.6 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.9 | |||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.1 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 | ||
| Team | 104 | 38-8246.3% | 10-3132.3% | 43 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 18-2185.7% | 5 | 12 | 4 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Naz Mitrou-Long (coach’s decision); Rudy Gobert (injury/illness).
Cleveland Cavaliers101| 37 | 29 | 12-22 | 1-7 | 4-5 | −5 | +4.9 | ||||||||
| 33 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −7.9 | ||||
| 29 | 20 | 6-16 | 3-10 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +2.6 | |||||
| 21 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 22 | 6-12 | 4-4, Season high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 6-6 | +7 | +8.5 | |||||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 11 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-5 | +5 | +6.2 | |||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −7.2 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.6 | |||||
| Team | 101 | 34-8142.0% | 12-4030.0% | 46 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 21-2680.8% | 9 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 44 points on 13 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Channing Frye, Isaiah Thomas and Ante Zizic (coach’s decision).
Jazz104Cavaliers101ClickTap 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.
Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points (16 in the paint), and the Utah Jazz held off the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-101.
Mitchell’s 3-pointer put the Jazz ahead for good with 10:19 left in the third quarter. They led 71-56 with 4:23 left in the third quarter, and the Cavaliers got within 98-97 with 1:35 left.
The Cavaliers got within 98-97 on Kevin Love’s 3-pointer with 1:35 to play, but Mitchell answered with a driving layup, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Derrick Favors’ 2 free throws with 9.0 seconds left made it 104-99 and put it away.
In the fourth quarter, Joe Ingles had 2 steals, and the Jazz scored 2 points off them.
For the Cavaliers, LeBron James had 29 points (16 in the paint), 8 rebounds and 6 assists but went 1 for 7 from 3, and Jeff Green added 22 points off the bench. Love had 20 points and 10 rebounds. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Jazz shot 46.3% from the field and 32.3% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 42.0% and 30.0%. The Cavaliers outscored the Jazz 44-22 off the bench. The Jazz’s starters outscored the Cavaliers 42-29 in 17 minutes together.
Utah JazzCleveland CavaliersPS, 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).
86 points from the field on 82 shots: 3.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-31 | 67.7% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-11 | 45.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 2-9 | 22.2% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-24 | 29.2% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Smith | 42 | 18 | 8-11 | +6 |
| LeBron James | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Kevin Love | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Cedi Osman | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 2 | 1-4 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Love | 28 | 2 | 1-3 | −4 |
| Tristan Thompson | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| LeBron James | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jae Crowder | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 12 | 6-7 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Calderon | 24 | 8 | 3-7 | +4 |
| Dwyane Wade | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Cedi Osman | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| LeBron James | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 4-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 62 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.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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UTA
Highest Leverage Moments
Mitchell 1' Driving Layup (29 PTS)
Q4 0:35
28.1%
64→92
Love 25' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (James 6 AST)
Q4 1:35
21.0%
85→64
Hood 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Rubio 7 AST)
Q3 0:41
17.7%
73→91
Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (James 5 AST)
Q4 5:31
17.7%
91→73
Wade 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q4 3:07
14.3%
73→59
