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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 28 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 110 |
 Spurs | 27 | 17 | 40 | 32 | 116 |
CLETeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 45-9248.9% | 12-2941.4% | 8-1080.0% | 49 | 18 | 14 |
| SAS | 45-8552.9% | 14-3342.4% | 12-1770.6% | 33 | 27 | 11 |
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San Antonio Spurs116| 36 | 14 | 6-15 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | +1 | −6.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 25 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0 | +13 | +10.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 8-13 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.7 | |||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | +17 | +0.6 | |||||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | +2 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 12 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −2.4 | |||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.0 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 16 | 9 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.7 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.7 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | |
| Team | 116 | 45-8552.9% | 14-3342.4% | 33 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 12-1770.6% | 4 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 48 points on 18 for 40 shooting
Did not play: Quincy Pondexter and Drew Eubanks (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers110| 35 | 24 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −1.6 | |||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 30 | 9 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −7.8 | |||||
| 22 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 13 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +2 | +9.3 | ||||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-15 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | −3.9 | |||||||
| 19 | 11 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +4.3 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.6 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.5 | |||
| Team | 110 | 45-9248.9% | 12-2941.4% | 49 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 8-1080.0% | 14 | 6 | 1 | |||
Bench 41 points on 16 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Channing Frye, Deng Adel and Ante Zizic (coach’s decision).
Spurs116Cavaliers110ClickTap 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.
DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points (17 in the third quarter), and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-110.
Rudy Gay’s corner 3-pointer put the Spurs ahead for good with 2:30 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 111-110 on Larry Nance Jr.’s driving layup with 1:12 to play, but Patty Mills answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Marco Belinelli’s 9-foot floater with 1:27 left made it 111-108, and Mills’ corner 3-pointer with 14.5 seconds left put it away at 114-110.
During clutch time, the Spurs outscored the Cavaliers 14-6. Gay scored 5 of the Spurs’ 14 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
For the Cavaliers, Collin Sexton scored 24 points (12 in the paint). Nance had 13 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.
The Spurs shot 52.9% from the field and 42.4% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 48.9% and 41.4%. The Spurs outscored the Cavaliers 33-19 in 10 minutes with Aldridge, Gay, DeRozan, Forbes and White on the floor together.
San Antonio SpursCleveland 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).
104 points from the field on 85 shots: 17.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-20 | 85.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-20 | 45.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 6-9 | 66.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-24 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 31 | 14 | 6-7 | +4 |
| David Nwaba | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Kevin Love | 7 | 1 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Collin Sexton | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 10 | 4-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin Sexton | 24 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Brandon Knight | 20 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Nik Stauskas | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 17 | 7-9 | +14 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Nwaba | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Nik Stauskas | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Brandon Knight | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 44 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.
SAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Mills 24' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (DeRozan 8 AST)
Q4 0:15
27.1%
71→98
Gay 24' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Mills 3 AST)
Q4 2:30
24.5%
53→77
Nance Jr. 2' Driving Layup (13 PTS)
Q4 1:12
22.4%
85→62
Belinelli 9' Floating Jump Shot (16 PTS) (DeRozan 7 AST)
Q4 1:27
21.0%
64→85
Forbes 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (DeRozan 6 AST)
Q4 6:34
19.2%
58→77
