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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 30 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 99 |
 Nets | 29 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 97 |
CLETeam statsBKN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 38-8843.2% | 4-1526.7% | 19-2095.0% | 55 | 15 | 9 |
| BKN | 39-9939.4% | 10-4025.0% | 9-1656.3% | 50 | 17 | 7 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers99| 35 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | −6.6 | |||||||
| 34 | 19 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −5 | +7.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 9 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −7.4 | ||||||
| 32 | 15 | 7-16 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 28 | 8 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −2.7 | ||||
| 28 | 20 | 9-22 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | +10 | +2.1 | |||||||
| 16 | 9 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | +4 | +6.6 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.9 | |
| Team | 99 | 38-8843.2% | 4-1526.7% | 55 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 19-2095.0% | 14 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 42 points on 17 for 40 shooting
Did not play: Channing Frye (coach’s decision); Ante Zizic (injury/illness).
Brooklyn Nets97| 33 | 30 | 13-31 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 0 | +6 | +4.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 5 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | 6-14 | 4-11 | 2-3 | 0 | +8 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 22 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −6.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −8.4 | |||
| 18 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.4 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 14 | 12 | 6-10 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +1.6 | ||||||
| Team | 97 | 39-9939.4% | 10-4025.0% | 50 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 9-1656.3% | 17 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 31 points on 14 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Dzanan Musa and Kenneth Faried (coach’s decision); Joe Harris (injury/illness).
Cavaliers99Nets97ClickTap 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.
Alec Burks made a driving dunk with 3.2 seconds left, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-97 to end a 4-game losing streak.
Rodions Kurucs’ putback had tied it at 97 with 18 seconds left.
The Nets had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Spencer Dinwiddie missed a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Cavaliers 7-6.
Jordan Clarkson had 20 points (12 in the paint) and 11 rebounds off the bench, and Tristan Thompson added 19 points (16 in the paint) and 14 rebounds on 8 for 11 shooting.
For the Nets, D'Angelo Russell had 30 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
Cleveland CavaliersBrooklyn NetsPS, 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).
80 points from the field on 88 shots: 7.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-27 | 51.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 15-26 | 57.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-20 | 25.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-5 | 20.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shabazz Napier | 13 | 2 | 1-5 | −3 |
| Rodions Kurucs | 12 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Allen Crabbe | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| DeMarre Carroll | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 15 | 7-13 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 37 | 8 | 4-5 | 0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Ed Davis | 6 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Angelo Russell | 31 | 8 | 4-8 | 0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Shabazz Napier | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Allen Crabbe | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
BKN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Burks 1' Driving Dunk (13 PTS)
Q4 0:03
44.3%
53→8
Kurucs 2' Putback Layup (12 PTS)
Q4 0:19
39.0%
14→53
Russell 1' Putback Layup (30 PTS)
Q4 0:52
17.1%
10→27
Dinwiddie 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 1:34
16.3%
13→29
Thompson 1' Putback Dunk (19 PTS)
Q4 1:14
15.7%
29→14
