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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bucks | 25 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 117 |
 Cavaliers | 26 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 124 |
MILTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 45-8851.1% | 8-3125.8% | 19-2095.0% | 32 | 26 | 15 |
| CLE | 43-8749.4% | 15-3839.5% | 23-2785.2% | 42 | 24 | 13 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers124| 41 | 14 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +4 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 40 | 40 | 16-29 | 3-7 | 5-8 | +4 | +13.2 | ||||||||
| 28 | 12 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.6 | |||
| 25 | 18 | 5-13 | 4-9 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +5.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.7 | |||||
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| 28 | 17 | 5-11 | 3-7 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.7 | |||||
| 23 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.7 | |||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.9 | ||||
| 17 | 13 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | +7 | +5.7 | |||||
| Team | 124 | 43-8749.4% | 15-3839.5% | 42 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 23-2785.2% | 12 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 40 points on 13 for 27 shooting
Did not play: John Holland and London Perrantes (coach’s decision).
Milwaukee Bucks117| 39 | 37 | 13-20 | 0-2 | 11-11 | 0 | −1 | +13.7 | |||||||
| 38 | 30 | 11-16 | 5-9 | 3-3 | −2 | +8.6 | ||||||||
| 35 | 13 | 5-15 | 1-8 | 2-3 | 0 | −1 | −5.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6.6 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −13 | 0.0 | |||||||
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| 25 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 1-1 | −14 | +0.1 | ||||||||
| 23 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | +9 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.9 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.6 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.2 | |||
| Team | 117 | 45-8851.1% | 8-3125.8% | 32 | 26 | 15 | 23 | 19-2095.0% | 8 | 11 | 7 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Shabazz Muhammad, Marshall Plumlee and D.J. Wilson (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers124Bucks117ClickTap 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 40 points (24 in the paint), 12 rebounds and 10 assists, his 16th triple-double of the season, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-117.
The Cavaliers took control with an 18-6 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 17.
James and Kevin Love set each other up for 7 baskets and 19 points, 5 of them 3-pointers.
For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points (19 in the fourth quarter) and 11 rebounds on 13 for 20 shooting, and Eric Bledsoe went 1 for 8 from 3. Khris Middleton scored 30 points on 11 for 16 shooting. Antetokounmpo scored 19 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter. The Bucks had 2 30-point scorers.
The Cavaliers grabbed 12 offensive rebounds to the Bucks’ 8. The Bucks outscored the Cavaliers 19-5 on the fast break. The Bucks outscored the Cavaliers 29-18 in 8 minutes with Bledsoe, Middleton, Snell, Antetokounmpo and Maker on the floor together.
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).
101 points from the field on 87 shots: 4.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-33 | 63.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 2-3 | 66.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-13 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-13 | 30.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-25 | 44.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 39 | 7 | 3-7 | −6 |
| Jabari Parker | 14 | 4 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Khris Middleton | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Tony Snell | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 25 | 10-17 | +19 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henson | 21 | 9 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Thon Maker | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Khris Middleton | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 8 | 2-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 49 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Terry | 14 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 14 | 5 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Khris Middleton | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Sterling Brown | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 11 | 4-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Clarkson 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Smith 1 AST)
Q4 11:16
11.5%
82→93
Love 31' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (James 8 AST)
Q3 6:38
10.9%
66→77
Middleton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Snell 2 AST)
Q3 3:23
10.9%
77→66
Parker 24' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Antetokounmpo 2 AST)
Q2 7:39
9.5%
59→49
Calderon 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Green 1 AST)
Q2 7:18
9.5%
49→59
