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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 19 | 35 | 34 | 19 | 107 |
 Nets | 34 | 28 | 21 | 35 | 118 |
CLETeam statsBKN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 40-8248.8% | 8-2729.6% | 19-2479.2% | 31 | 19 | 8 |
| BKN | 43-9246.7% | 12-3237.5% | 20-2195.2% | 45 | 30 | 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.
Brooklyn Nets118| 41 | 36 | 11-20 | 4-6 | 10-10 | +16 | +8.8 | ||||||||
| 40 | 18 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 4-4 | +2 | +10.2 | ||||||||
| 39 | 18 | 7-22 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 29 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 24 | 15 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +9 | +7.3 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.8 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.8 | ||
| 16 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.9 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.3 | |
| Team | 118 | 43-9246.7% | 12-3237.5% | 45 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20-2195.2% | 13 | 5 | 8 | |||
Bench 19 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: LaMarcus Aldridge, Day'Ron Sharpe and Blake Griffin (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers107| 41 | 31 | 12-24 | 3-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.8 | |||||
| 34 | 17 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 5-7 | −13 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 16 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 28 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −5.5 | ||||
| 25 | 17 | 7-14 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −2.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.3 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −5.8 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | |
| Team | 107 | 40-8248.8% | 8-2729.6% | 31 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 19-2479.2% | 10 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Nets118Cavaliers107ClickTap 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.
Kevin Durant scored 36 points (16 in the first quarter), and the Brooklyn Nets went on an 18-5 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-107.
The Cavaliers went on a 28-11 run to lead 88-81 with 2:13 left in the third quarter. Durant’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Nets ahead for good with 8:52 left in the fourth quarter. They took a 99-93 lead with 7:29 left and led by as many as 15.
The Cavaliers got within 99-97 on Lauri Markkanen’s driving dunk with 6:55 to play, but Durant answered with a 3-pointer, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Early in the fourth quarter, Kyrie Irving had 2 steals, both during a 10-0 Nets run, and the Nets scored 5 points off them.
Bruce Brown had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks. Durant and Bruce Brown set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points.
For the Cavaliers, Darius Garland scored 31 points (7 during an 11-0 run in the third quarter), and Evan Mobley added 17 points.
The Cavaliers gave up 13 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Nets missed. The Nets outscored the Cavaliers 11-0 in 4 minutes with Durant, Irving, Brown, Claxton and Edwards on the floor together.
Brooklyn NetsCleveland 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).
98 points from the field on 92 shots: 7.4 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 | 8-12 | 66.7% | 65% |
| In the paint | 14-30 | 46.7% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 9-18 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 6-12 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-20 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 23 | 8 | 3-7 | −1 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 20 | 9 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Lamar Stevens | 14 | 4 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Cedi Osman | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 9 | 4-7 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 14 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 12 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Cedi Osman | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Evan Mobley | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 4 | 1-3 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 36 | 4 | 2-5 | −10 |
| Caris LeVert | 11 | 9 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Cedi Osman | 9 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Evan Mobley | 7 | 2 | 1-7 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 0 | 0-6 | −7 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 31 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.
BKN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Durant 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Irving 7 AST)
Q4 8:52
16.4%
46→62
Durant 25' 3PT Jump Shot (36 PTS) (Brown 8 AST)
Q4 6:31
14.9%
62→77
Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Drummond 2 AST)
Q4 5:47
14.4%
77→92
Garland 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (27 PTS)
Q3 2:13
12.5%
34→21
Brown 5' Running Layup (11 PTS)
Q3 9:53
11.9%
73→85
