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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 34 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 101 |
 Rockets | 29 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 90 |
CLETeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 36-7349.3% | 10-3033.3% | 19-2479.2% | 48 | 23 | 19 |
| HOU | 31-7640.8% | 10-3132.3% | 18-2475.0% | 30 | 13 | 14 |
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 Cavaliers101| 42 | 39 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 11-15 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +7.6 | ||||||
| 33 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +19 | −9.5 | |||||||
| 31 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +0.6 | |||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-13 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.9 | ||||||
| 28 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +14 | −0.7 | ||||||
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| 20 | 11 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.3 | |||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 17 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +2.5 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.8 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.5 | ||||
| Team | 101 | 36-7349.3% | 10-3033.3% | 48 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 19-2479.2% | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Taurean Prince and Larry Nance Jr. (injury/illness).
Houston Rockets90| 41 | 20 | 8-21 | 2-6 | 2-3 | −8 | −8.7 | ||||||||
| 40 | 32, Season high (his best before, 29) | 11-24 | 1-4 | 0 | 9-12 | 0 | −13 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 39 | 7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | −10 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 11 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.8 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 8 | 2-8 | 2-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.6 | |||||
| 30 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.0 | |||
| Team | 90 | 31-7640.8% | 10-3132.3% | 30 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18-2475.0% | 4 | 13 | 4 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Eric Gordon and Rodions Kurucs (injury/illness); David Nwaba (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers101Rockets90ClickTap 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.
Collin Sexton scored 39 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 101-90 for their fourth straight win.
The Rockets had gone on an 11-3 run to lead 78-77 when Cedi Osman’s 3-pointer put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 9:47 left. He made 2 3-pointers as they pulled away to a 90-78 lead with 6:37 left.
For the Rockets, John Wall scored a season-high 32 points (17 in the first quarter), and Victor Oladipo added 20 points (10 in the paint) and 3 steals.
The Cavaliers shot 49.3% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Rockets’ 40.8% and 32.3%. The Rockets got 4 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Cavaliers’ starters outscored the Rockets 43-33 in 18 minutes together.
Cleveland CavaliersHouston RocketsPS, 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).
82 points from the field on 73 shots: 3.8 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 | 14-20 | 70.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-18 | 55.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-5 | 40.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-24 | 29.2% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Oladipo | 33 | 10 | 3-5 | −1 |
| John Wall | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Sterling Brown | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| P.J. Tucker | 8 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 17 | 6-10 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 38 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wall | 17 | 4 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Sterling Brown | 14 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Victor Oladipo | 11 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Justin Patton | 5 | 2 | 0-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Brown | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Mason Jones | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Ben McLemore | 6 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 9 points on 39 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Sexton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (32 PTS)
Q4 7:47
16.0%
37→21
Brown 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wall 3 AST)
Q3 8:51
13.8%
29→43
Tucker 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wall 5 AST)
Q3 4:48
12.5%
40→53
Wade 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Garland 4 AST)
Q3 3:49
12.5%
53→40
Oladipo 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 11:06
12.3%
40→53
