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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 26 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 116 |
 Mavericks | 34 | 32 | 34 | 21 | 121 |
CLETeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 40-8646.5% | 15-3839.5% | 21-2295.5% | 33 | 20 | 6 |
| DAL | 46-8951.7% | 16-3447.1% | 13-1681.3% | 40 | 32 | 5 |
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.
Dallas Mavericks121| 36 | 22 | 8-18 | 4-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.0 | ||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-6, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +1.5 | ||||||
| 29 | 16 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | +4 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-13 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | +8 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 26 | 16 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +5.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 18 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | −6 | +8.3 | |||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.9 | ||||
| 22 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.3 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.8 | ||||||
| Team | 121 | 46-8951.7% | 16-3447.1% | 40 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 13-1681.3% | 9 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bench 39 points on 14 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Ryan Broekhoff, Kostas Antetokounmpo, Salah Mejri and Courtney Lee (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers116| 38 | 28 | 10-16 | 4-7, Ties his career high | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +7.3 | ||||
| 37 | 22 | 8-16 | 6-7, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +4.3 | |||||
| 32 | 22 | 6-15 | 2-9 | 0 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +5.3 | ||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 17 | 6-12 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −2.5 | |||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.7 | |||
| Team | 116 | 40-8646.5% | 15-3839.5% | 33 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 21-2295.5% | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
Bench 28 points on 10 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Tristan Thompson (injury/illness); Channing Frye and Deng Adel (coach’s decision).
Mavericks121Cavaliers116ClickTap 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.
Maxi Kleber had 18 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and a career-high 12 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-116 to end a 7-game losing streak.
The Mavericks took control with a 24-9 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 21.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 22 points (12 on 4 3-pointers). The Mavericks had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Cavaliers, Collin Sexton scored 28 points on 10 for 16 shooting, and Kevin Love added 22 points and 12 rebounds. Cedi Osman scored 22 points with 6 3-pointers. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Mavericks shot 51.7% from the field and 47.1% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 46.5% and 39.5%. The Cavaliers forced 5 turnovers, about 7 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Mavericks did not make a field goal in the last 3:14. The Cavaliers outscored the Mavericks 35-19 in 10 minutes with Love, Clarkson, Osman, Zizic and Sexton on the floor together. Dwight Powell fouled out.
Dallas MavericksCleveland 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).
108 points from the field on 89 shots: 16.4 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 | 20-24 | 83.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-13 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-18 | 27.8% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-8 | 62.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-26 | 42.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 20 | 3 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Brandon Knight | 11 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 10 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
| David Nwaba | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 3-8 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquese Chriss | 19 | 11 | 3-5 | +8 |
| Kevin Love | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Ante Zizic | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Collin Sexton | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante Zizic | 29 | 6 | 3-4 | −1 |
| Kevin Love | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Collin Sexton | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 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.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CLE
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Osman 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Sexton 2 AST)
Q3 7:09
10.9%
77→66
Hardaway Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Finney-Smith 4 AST)
Q3 6:48
10.9%
66→77
Brunson 28' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Powell 2 AST)
Q3 9:56
10.5%
62→73
Sexton 25' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Love 3 AST)
Q3 10:12
10.4%
73→62
Brunson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
Q3 5:35
9.8%
82→92
