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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 21 | 20 | 23 | 34 | 98 |
 Cavaliers | 29 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 100 |
CHATeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 37-9140.7% | 13-3735.1% | 11-1861.1% | 35 | 25 | 9 |
| CLE | 40-7454.1% | 7-2626.9% | 13-1776.5% | 48 | 25 | 23 |
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.
Cleveland Cavaliers100| 37 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +10 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 16 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0 | +15 | +7.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 18 | 8-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-4 | +15 | +1.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 23 | 10-14 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −7.1 | |||||
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| 25 | 10 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −1.4 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.6 | |||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.9 | ||||
| Team | 100 | 40-7454.1% | 7-2626.9% | 48 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 13-1776.5% | 10 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Ante Zizic, Alfonzo McKinnie and Brandon Knight (coach’s decision).
Charlotte Hornets98| 38 | 9 | 3-16 | 2-9 | 1-2 | −10 | −7.4 | ||||||||
| 38 | 35, Career high (his best before, 33) | 12-27 | 7-15 | 4-4 | 0 | −2 | +6.4 | |||||||
| 31 | 15 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 21 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −5.5 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | −26 | +0.3 | |||||||
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| 29 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −3.7 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +19 | −0.6 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.2 | |||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +10 | +0.3 | |||||
| Team | 98 | 37-9140.7% | 13-3735.1% | 35 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 11-1861.1% | 15 | 12 | 3 | |||
Bench 29 points on 11 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Nicolas Batum and Willy Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers100Hornets98ClickTap 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.
Kevin Love had 16 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 14 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Charlotte Hornets 100-98.
The Cavaliers never trailed and led by as many as 24. The Cavaliers led 67-43 with 8:51 left in the third quarter, and the Hornets cut it to 2 in the final seconds. Terry Rozier’s 28-foot step-back 3-pointer made it 100-98 with 21.9 seconds left, and Collin Sexton lost the ball with 16.2 seconds left. Rozier then missed a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
Sexton had 23 points (16 in the paint) and 3 steals on 10 for 14 shooting.
For the Hornets, Rozier had a career-high 35 points and 4 steals. Rozier scored 19 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets outscored the Cavaliers 28-8 off turnovers. The Hornets’ starters were outscored 32-15 in 9 minutes together. Marvin Williams fouled out.
Cleveland CavaliersCharlotte HornetsPS, 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).
87 points from the field on 74 shots: 8.3 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 | 17-26 | 65.4% | 64% |
| In the paint | 13-17 | 76.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-5 | 60.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-20 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Rozier | 28 | 6 | 3-3 | −3 |
| Devonte' Graham | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Cody Martin | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Marvin Williams | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 12 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges | 21 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Devonte' Graham | 15 | 9 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Cody Martin | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Terry Rozier | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Williams | 23 | 2 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 11 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Cody Zeller | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Devonte' Graham | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 61 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.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Rozier 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (35 PTS) (Graham 9 AST)
Q4 0:22
16.0%
98→82
Williams 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Graham 2 AST)
Q2 1:20
9.1%
82→73
Osman 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Garland 2 AST)
Q1 8:46
7.3%
55→62
Graham 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Zeller 1 AST)
Q1 9:07
7.2%
62→55
Love 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Garland 5 AST)
Q3 11:35
6.9%
85→92
