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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 29 | 29 | 35 | 27 | 120 |
 Kings | 34 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 127 |
CLETeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 46-8653.5% | 11-2642.3% | 17-2085.0% | 42 | 24 | 18 |
| SAC | 40-7652.6% | 17-3943.6% | 30-3585.7% | 24 | 30 | 9 |
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.
Sacramento Kings127| 35 | 20 | 6-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | +10 | +8.7 | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 11-12 | 0 | +15 | +9.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-7, Ties his career high | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 30 | 14 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | +12 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 29 | 15 | 6-14 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +5.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 14 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | |||||
| 19 | 16 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 13 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.2 | ||||
| Team | 127 | 40-7652.6% | 17-3943.6% | 24 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 30-3585.7% | 2 | 12 | 4 | |||
Bench 43 points on 15 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Matthew Dellavedova, Terence Davis, KZ Okpala, Chima Moneke, Alex Len and Richaun Holmes (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers120| 39 | 38 | 16-28 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +7.0 | |||||||
| 38 | 21 | 9-18 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −10 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 36 | 16 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −1 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 6 | 1-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −11.4 | ||||
| 33 | 20 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 0 | −13 | +2.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 9 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.7 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.8 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.4 | |||||
| Team | 120 | 46-8653.5% | 11-2642.3% | 42 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 17-2085.0% | 12 | 4 | 1 | |||
Bench 19 points on 6 for 10 shooting
Did not play: Lamar Stevens and Raul Neto (coach’s decision).
Kings127Cavaliers120ClickTap 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.
Domantas Sabonis scored 21 points (11 at the free-throw line), and the Sacramento Kings beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 127-120.
Kevin Huerter’s 8-foot floater put the Kings ahead for good with 2:29 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 121-118 on Darius Garland’s free throw with 1:39 to play, but Huerter answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Sabonis’ 2 free throws with 45.5 seconds left made it 126-118 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Cavaliers 16-8. Huerter scored 7 of the Kings’ 16 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Harrison Barnes had 20 points and 9 rebounds on 6 for 8 shooting. The Kings had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell scored 38 points (17 in the third quarter) with 6 3-pointers, and Caris LeVert added 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. Jarrett Allen scored 20 points on 7 for 11 shooting. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Cavaliers forced 9 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Kings 64-40 in the paint.
Sacramento KingsCleveland 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).
97 points from the field on 76 shots: 11.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-23 | 78.3% | 67% |
| In the paint | 2-7 | 28.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-10 | 60.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-29 | 37.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 47 | 10 | 4-6 | −2 |
| Evan Mobley | 11 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Robin Lopez | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Caris LeVert | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 1-1 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley | 23 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Dean Wade | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Caris LeVert | 10 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 9 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 11 | 4-4 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Love | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Evan Mobley | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Cedi Osman | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Jarrett Allen | 3 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 37 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Monk 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Huerter 2 AST)
Q4 4:51
20.7%
37→58
Huerter 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 2:29
19.4%
53→73
LeVert 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Allen 1 AST)
Q4 5:17
16.0%
56→40
Barnes 1' Alley Oop Dunk (18 PTS) (Sabonis 6 AST)
Q4 7:21
15.4%
40→55
Huerter 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Monk 5 AST)
Q4 1:21
15.2%
82→97
