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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 29 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 99 |
 Cavaliers | 27 | 20 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 100 |
DALTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 36-8840.9% | 15-4930.6% | 12-1963.2% | 45 | 19 | 11 |
| CLE | 40-9442.6% | 7-3619.4% | 13-2259.1% | 51 | 23 | 10 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers100| 44 | 18 | 8-18 | 1-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +14 | +6.1 | ||||||
| 42 | 25 | 9-21 | 1-9 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.6 | ||||||
| 40 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-6 | 0 | −9 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.8 | |||||
| 26 | 10 | 5-11 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −2.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 38 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −15.6 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.4 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | 3-10 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.2 | ||
| Team | 100 | 40-9442.6% | 7-3619.4% | 51 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 13-2259.1% | 9 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 22 points on 9 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Lamar Stevens (injury/illness); Robin Lopez (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks99| 46 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −6.6 | ||||||
| 44 | 13 | 5-14 | 1-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.8 | ||||||
| 43 | 26 | 9-18 | 5-13, Season high (his best before, 4) | 3-4 | +11 | +8.4 | ||||||||
| 42 | 32 | 12-25 | 4-13 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.3 | ||||||
| 40 | 11 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −7.3 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.2 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.8 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +0.1 | |||||
| Team | 99 | 36-8840.9% | 15-4930.6% | 45 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 12-1963.2% | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||
Bench 9 points on 3 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Dwight Powell (injury/illness); Davis Bertans (coach’s decision).
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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.
Darius Garland had 18 points (12 in the paint) and 12 assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Dallas Mavericks 100-99 in overtime.
Kemba Walker made a driving layup with 3.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 96 for the Mavericks, but the Cavaliers outscored them 4-3 in overtime.
The Mavericks had the ball down 1 with 1:08 left, but Garland stole the ball from Frank Ntilikina. A basket would have put the Mavericks ahead. They had the ball down 1, but Christian Wood missed a 34-foot step-back 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Mavericks 14-10. Evan Mobley scored 5 of the Cavaliers’ 14 on 2 for 4 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Garland had 6 of his 12 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Donovan Mitchell that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Jarrett Allen that put the Cavaliers ahead.
Mitchell scored 25 points.
For the Mavericks, Walker had 32 points and 7 assists, and Tim Hardaway Jr. went 1 for 8 from 3. Wood had 26 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 14 rebounds.
The Mavericks got 5 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Cavaliers outscored the Mavericks 58-34 in the paint. The Mavericks did not make a field goal in the last 4:32. The Mavericks’ starters outscored the Cavaliers 65-53 in 30 minutes together. Dorian Finney-Smith fouled out.
Cleveland CavaliersDallas MavericksPS, 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).
87 points from the field on 94 shots: 16.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-30 | 70.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 9-19 | 47.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 4-27 | 14.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 46 | 4 | 2-5 | −16 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 11 | 7 | 3-7 | +2 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Kemba Walker | 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 3-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 30 | 7 | 3-5 | −3 |
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 14 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 14 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Kemba Walker | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 4 | 2-6 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Wood | 35 | 5 | 2-3 | −3 |
| JaVale McGee | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 8 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Walker 1' Driving Layup (29 PTS)
Q4 0:04
29.1%
82→53
Wood 27' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Walker 7 AST)
Q4 2:51
23.3%
82→59
Mobley 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Garland 10 AST)
Q4 3:09
21.8%
60→82
Mobley 9' Turnaround Fadeaway (17 PTS)
Q4 2:28
20.2%
59→79
Wood 26' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
Q4 8:54
16.0%
56→40
