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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 28 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 103 |
 Thunder | 29 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 109 |
CLETeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 41-8946.1% | 15-3839.5% | 6-1154.5% | 45 | 31 | 19 |
| OKC | 38-8146.9% | 9-2634.6% | 24-3080.0% | 40 | 21 | 12 |
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.
Oklahoma City Thunder109| 39 | 23 | 9-17 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0 | −2 | +2.6 | |||||||
| 31 | 15 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 12 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −5.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 30 | 10-17 | 2-5 | 0 | 8-11 | +13 | +8.4 | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 17 | 8 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | +9 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +2.5 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.7 | |||
| Team | 109 | 38-8146.9% | 9-2634.6% | 40 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 24-3080.0% | 5 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 49 points on 16 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Deonte Burton, Hamidou Diallo and Mike Muscala (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers103| 35 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 35 | 23 | 9-18 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | 8-17 | 3-7 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −2 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | +4 | −1.4 | ||||||||
| 24 | 11 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | +5.6 | |||||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −5.8 | |||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.8 | ||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.5 | ||||
| Team | 103 | 41-8946.1% | 15-3839.5% | 45 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 6-1154.5% | 9 | 4 | 2 | |||
Bench 27 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Dean Wade, Matt Mooney, Brandon Knight and Marques Bolden (coach’s decision).
Thunder109Cavaliers103ClickTap 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.
Dennis Schröder scored 30 points (13 in the second quarter), and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-103.
Steven Adams’ 2 free throws put the Thunder ahead for good with 1:31 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 106-103 on Kevin Love’s 3-pointer with 23 seconds to play, but Schröder answered with a free throw, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Schröder’s free throw with 20.1 seconds left made it 107-103 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Thunder outscored the Cavaliers 16-8. Schröder scored 6 of the Thunder’s 16 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 23 points and 10 rebounds.
For the Cavaliers, Collin Sexton scored 23 points (12 in the first quarter), and Love added 20 points. Larry Nance Jr. had 14 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. The Cavaliers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Thunder went 24 for 30 at the line to the Cavaliers’ 6 for 11 and outscored them 49-27 off the bench.
Oklahoma City ThunderCleveland 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).
85 points from the field on 81 shots: 0.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-28 | 64.3% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-14 | 28.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-13 | 53.8% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-17 | 35.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 27 | 5 | 2-6 | −3 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 11 | 8 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Dante Exum | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Collin Sexton | 8 | 6 | 1-1 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 8 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin Sexton | 23 | 9 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 14 | 8 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Dante Exum | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Darius Garland | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 2 | 1-5 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Nance Jr. | 19 | 1 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Kevin Love | 15 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Cedi Osman | 15 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Darius Garland | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
OKC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Nance Jr. 1' Tip Dunk Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 1:53
24.9%
62→37
Sexton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Love 5 AST)
Q4 3:13
20.8%
68→47
Adams Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
Q4 1:31
20.6%
37→58
Sexton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Garland 5 AST)
Q4 5:07
14.8%
73→58
Schroder 15' Pullup Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 10:58
13.6%
53→66
