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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 34 | 27 | 39 | 20 | 120 |
 Cavaliers | 30 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 112 |
DALTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 46-8852.3% | 16-4238.1% | 12-1580.0% | 38 | 28 | 11 |
| CLE | 42-8350.6% | 11-2544.0% | 17-2277.3% | 39 | 24 | 13 |
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.
Dallas Mavericks120| 42 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 39 | 18 | 8-14 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.6 | |||||
| 38 | 35 | 14-26 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0 | +14 | +14.6 | |||||||
| 37 | 28, Career high (his best before, 27) | 10-16 | 6-12, Ties his career high | 2-3 | 0 | +16 | +7.5 | |||||||
| 22 | 15 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 5-5 | +6 | +6.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-7 | 0-0 | +3 | −3.9 | ||||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.8 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.5 | |||||
| Team | 120 | 46-8852.3% | 16-4238.1% | 38 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 12-1580.0% | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 15 points on 6 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Frank Ntilikina (injury/illness); Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers112| 38 | 32 | 11-19 | 3-4 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | −18 | +8.3 | ||||||
| 37 | 25 | 10-17 | 4-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +10.6 | |||||
| 33 | 13 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −10 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 32 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | −2.6 | |||||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 16 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.1 | |||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.9 | ||||||
| 13 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −5.2 | |||
| 12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.8 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +1.4 | |||||
| Team | 112 | 42-8350.6% | 11-2544.0% | 39 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 17-2277.3% | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 28 points on 10 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Cedi Osman and Ed Davis (coach’s decision).
Mavericks120Cavaliers112ClickTap 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.
Luka Dončić had 35 points (20 in the third quarter) and 13 assists, and the Dallas Mavericks went on a 15-0 run in the third quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-112.
The Cavaliers led 87-85 with 5:05 left in the third quarter. Dončić’s driving dunk put the Mavericks ahead for good with 4:08 left in the quarter. Dorian Finney-Smith scored 8 points and Dončić added 7 during the run. The Mavericks led 100-87 with 25 seconds left in the quarter.
Finney-Smith scored a career-high 28 points on 10 for 16 shooting.
For the Cavaliers, Caris LeVert scored 32 points, and Darius Garland added 25 points (11 in the third quarter), 10 assists and 4 steals.
The Mavericks shot 52.3% from the field to the Cavaliers’ 50.6%. The Cavaliers outscored the Mavericks 30-20 in 9 minutes with LeVert, Markkanen, Garland, Okoro and Stevens on the floor together.
Dallas MavericksCleveland 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).
108 points from the field on 87 shots: 14.9 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 | 18-23 | 78.3% | 65% |
| In the paint | 8-16 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-7 | 57.1% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-32 | 37.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 30 | 8 | 4-10 | −5 |
| Lamar Stevens | 23 | 3 | 1-6 | −7 |
| Moses Brown | 8 | 12 | 4-7 | +9 |
| Caris LeVert | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 13 | 6-6 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 20 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 19 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Kevin Love | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Brandon Goodwin | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 12 | 5-7 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 27 | 3 | 1-3 | −4 |
| Isaac Okoro | 17 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Lamar Stevens | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Darius Garland | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 9 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DAL
50/50
CLE
Highest Leverage Moments
Finney-Smith 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Bullock 1 AST)
Q3 5:57
12.1%
58→46
LeVert 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q1 4:45
11.0%
49→60
Garland 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q3 10:19
10.4%
62→73
Finney-Smith 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Bullock 2 AST)
Q3 2:30
10.1%
37→27
Bullock 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Doncic 3 AST)
Q1 4:59
9.5%
59→49
