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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 33 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 105 |
 Wizards | 31 | 27 | 33 | 29 | 120 |
CLETeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 39-8446.4% | 10-3627.8% | 17-2181.0% | 44 | 24 | 17 |
| WAS | 41-8946.1% | 7-2528.0% | 31-3783.8% | 47 | 23 | 10 |
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.
Washington Wizards120| 40 | 21 | 7-18 | 1-5 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +20 | +9.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 14 | 7-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 17 | 4-12 | 3-11 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.7 | |||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −4 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +2 | +2.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 11 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | +13 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 22 | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 8-8 | +16 | +4.9 | ||||||||
| 21 | 12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | +15 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 9 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −2.1 | |||
| 16 | 14 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 120 | 41-8946.1% | 7-2528.0% | 47 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 31-3783.8% | 12 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 58 points on 19 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Isaac Bonga (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers105| 39 | 17 | 7-19 | 2-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.3 | ||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0 | −1 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 31 | 26 | 8-16 | 2-4 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −2.3 | |||||
| 28 | 16 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −25 | −2.6 | |||||
| 21 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −17 | −7.1 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.9 | ||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.6 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −2 | +2.7 | ||||
| Team | 105 | 39-8446.4% | 10-3627.8% | 44 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 17-2181.0% | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
Bench 16 points on 6 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Kevin Love (injury/illness); Damyean Dotson (coach’s decision).
Wizards120Cavaliers105ClickTap 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.
Russell Westbrook had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 17 assists, his 37th triple-double of the season, and the Washington Wizards went on a 14-5 run in the third quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-105.
It was tied at 58 when Davis Bertans’ 16-foot pull-up jumper put the Wizards ahead for good with 11:22 left in the third quarter. He scored 8 points as they pulled away to a 72-63 lead with 7:35 left in the quarter, and they led by as many as 19 in the fourth quarter.
The Wizards had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Cavaliers, Collin Sexton scored 26 points.
The Wizards went 31 for 37 at the line to the Cavaliers’ 17 for 21 and outscored them 58-16 off the bench. The Cavaliers forced 11 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Wizards outscored the Cavaliers 37-24 in 10 minutes with Westbrook, Smith, Gafford, Mathews and Gill on the floor together.
Washington WizardsCleveland 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).
89 points from the field on 89 shots: 1.1 fewer 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 | 15-20 | 75.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 13-28 | 46.4% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-16 | 37.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-3 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-22 | 22.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 49 | 15 | 6-12 | 0 |
| Brodric Thomas | 10 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Collin Sexton | 5 | 1 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Jeremiah Martin | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 36 | 10 | 2-7 | +3 |
| Brodric Thomas | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Dean Wade | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Collin Sexton | 3 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Wade | 37 | 4 | 2-6 | −4 |
| Mfiondu Kabengele | 12 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Collin Sexton | 4 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jarrett Allen | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
WAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CLE
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Highest Leverage Moments
Mathews 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Westbrook 12 AST)
Q3 1:42
11.4%
77→89
Osman 33' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q3 6:25
10.9%
77→66
Bertans 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Westbrook 9 AST)
Q3 10:03
10.4%
62→73
Sexton 28' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Thomas 2 AST)
Q2 10:37
9.5%
59→49
Mathews 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Westbrook 4 AST)
Q2 10:17
9.5%
49→59
