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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 39 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 104 |
 Pelicans | 20 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 108 |
CLETeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 37-8842.0% | 14-4134.1% | 16-1984.2% | 42 | 27 | 7 |
| NOP | 36-8045.0% | 16-3644.4% | 20-2676.9% | 44 | 24 | 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.
New Orleans Pelicans108| 37 | 17 | 6-7 | 5-6, Season high (his best before, 4) | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 26, Career high (his best before, 19) | 10-18 | 2-4 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.1 | |||||
| 33 | 18 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 15 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 6-8 | 0 | +13 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 29 | 12 | 4-11 | 4-10, Ties his career high | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.8 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | +22 | +1.6 | ||||||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.7 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.2 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +2.6 | |||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | ||||
| Team | 108 | 36-8045.0% | 16-3644.4% | 44 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 20-2676.9% | 8 | 3 | 8 | |||
Bench 20 points on 7 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Justin James (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers104| 37 | 27 | 10-25 | 3-7 | 4-4 | +2 | +9.0 | ||||||||
| 33 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 31 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | −5 | −8.0 | |||||||
| 31 | 14 | 6-15 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | −3.5 | |||||||
| 30 | 22 | 9-12 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +3.4 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 24, Season high (his best before, 23) | 7-14 | 7-12, Season high (his best before, 6) | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | +7.7 | ||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.2 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.4 | ||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.3 | ||||
| Team | 104 | 37-8842.0% | 14-4134.1% | 42 | 27 | 7 | 19 | 16-1984.2% | 11 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 32 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Trevon Scott, Ruben Nembhard Jr., Luke Kornet and Tacko Fall (coach’s decision).
Pelicans108Cavaliers104ClickTap 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.
Herbert Jones scored a career-high 26 points (16 in the paint), and the New Orleans Pelicans rallied from 23 points down in the first quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-104.
The Pelicans trailed 37-14 with 1:53 left in the first quarter and 58-48 at halftime. They outscored the Cavaliers 94-67 the rest of the way.
Devonte' Graham’s 3-pointer with 1:30 left made it 102-97, and his 2 free throws with 0.9 seconds left put it away at 108-104.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Cavaliers 17-9. Garrett Temple scored 6 of the Pelicans’ 17 on 2 for 2 shooting.
All 17 of Temple’s points came in the fourth quarter.
For the Cavaliers, Ricky Rubio had 27 points, a season-high 13 rebounds and 9 assists, and Kevin Love added a season-high 24 points (12 in the first quarter) with 7 3-pointers off the bench. Evan Mobley scored 22 points on 9 for 12 shooting. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Pelicans shot 45.0% from the field and 44.4% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 42.0% and 34.1%. They outscored the Cavaliers 21-8 on the fast break. The Pelicans outscored the Cavaliers 25-8 in 8 minutes with Temple, Valančiūnas, Graham, Hayes and Jones on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansCleveland 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. The Pelicans’ chance bottomed out at 5.5% (1st quarter, 2:35 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
88 points from the field on 80 shots: 2.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-33 | 42.4% | 65% |
| In the paint | 3-5 | 60.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-6 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-8 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-28 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Wade | 21 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Kevin Love | 13 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Evan Mobley | 13 | 4 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Justin Anderson | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 11 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 27 | 0 | 0-3 | −6 |
| Denzel Valentine | 15 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Justin Anderson | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Ricky Rubio | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 10 | 4-5 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Rubio | 31 | 6 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Kevin Pangos | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Dean Wade | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Isaac Okoro | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 14 | 5-6 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Love 29' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Valentine 3 AST)
Q4 0:46
28.2%
92→64
Graham 20' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
Q1 2:35
23.9%
6→29
Mobley 9' Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q1 2:14
23.9%
29→6
Graham 9' Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
Q1 2:04
23.9%
6→29
Love 29' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Valentine 2 AST)
Q1 1:53
23.9%
29→6
