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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 24 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 104 |
 Bucks | 24 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 112 |
CLETeam statsMIL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 35-9038.9% | 15-4632.6% | 19-2095.0% | 39 | 27 | 9 |
| MIL | 40-8646.5% | 13-3240.6% | 19-2479.2% | 53 | 21 | 16 |
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.
Milwaukee Bucks112| 37 | 20 | 9-15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | +12 | +4.6 | ||||||||
| 36 | 21 | 7-16 | 0-4 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −0.8 | |||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 27 | 27 | 9-19 | 3-3 | 6-7 | 0 | +14 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −2.7 | ||||
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| 28 | 12 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +2.4 | ||
| 18 | 7 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.6 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +1 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.8 | |||
| 10 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.9 | ||||
| Team | 112 | 40-8646.5% | 13-3240.6% | 53 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 19-2479.2% | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 28 points on 9 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Nwora, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Sandro Mamukelashvili (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers104| 38 | 25 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | −10 | +5.6 | ||||||
| 35 | 10 | 3-12 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −6.2 | ||||
| 34 | 20 | 7-15 | 4-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 31 | 12 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | −7 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −20 | −6.2 | |||||
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| 28 | 7 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.7 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-8 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | |||||
| 19 | 15 | 5-11 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +3.3 | |||||
| 11 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +1.2 | ||||||
| Team | 104 | 35-9038.9% | 15-4632.6% | 39 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 19-2095.0% | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 37 points on 12 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Denzel Valentine, Kevin Pangos and Ed Davis (coach’s decision).
Bucks112Cavaliers104ClickTap 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.
Jrue Holiday scored 20 points (10 in the paint), and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-104.
The Bucks took control with a 24-12 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 13.
The Cavaliers got within 88-87 on Jarrett Allen’s dunk with 9:01 to play, but Giannis Antetokounmpo answered with a three-point play, and the Cavaliers got no closer than 91-89.
In the fourth quarter, Cedi Osman had 3 steals, all with the game within five points, and the Cavaliers scored 3 points off them.
Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and Khris Middleton added 21 points (12 in the paint) and 8 assists. Antetokounmpo scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. The Bucks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Cavaliers, Jarrett Allen had 25 points and 9 rebounds on 10 for 12 shooting, and Osman went 1 for 8 from 3. Lauri Markkanen scored 20 points.
The Bucks shot 46.5% from the field and 40.6% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 38.9% and 32.6%. The Cavaliers got 7 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Bucks outscored the Cavaliers 19-5 on the fast break. The Bucks’ starters outscored the Cavaliers 31-16 in 13 minutes together.
Milwaukee BucksCleveland 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).
93 points from the field on 86 shots: 1.6 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 | 13-25 | 52.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 9-19 | 47.4% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-22 | 45.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 29 | 14 | 5-11 | +2 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 14 | 5 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Evan Mobley | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Isaac Okoro | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 4 | 1-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri Markkanen | 32 | 6 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Lamar Stevens | 12 | 1 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Isaac Okoro | 11 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Jarrett Allen | 9 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 10 | 4-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Cedi Osman | 14 | 9 | 4-7 | +5 |
| Darius Garland | 14 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 7 | 3-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 78 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.
MIL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Love 27' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Osman 1 AST)
Q3 2:10
15.5%
82→66
Connaughton 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Middleton 6 AST)
Q3 1:53
15.5%
66→82
Markkanen 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Garland 7 AST)
Q4 7:27
14.9%
77→62
Holiday 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Middleton 8 AST)
Q4 6:04
14.9%
62→77
Markkanen 24' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Love 1 AST)
Q3 1:03
14.1%
82→68
