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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 23 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 117 |
 Magic | 29 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 113 |
CLETeam statsORL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 42-8450.0% | 15-3148.4% | 18-2090.0% | 30 | 23 | 8 |
| ORL | 45-8950.6% | 10-2343.5% | 13-1776.5% | 47 | 25 | 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.
Cleveland Cavaliers117| 41 | 43 | 15-23 | 5-9 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +11.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 12 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +18 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 29 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −7.4 | |||||
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| 36 | 19 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.6 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 10 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.2 | ||
| Team | 117 | 42-8450.0% | 15-3148.4% | 30 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 18-2090.0% | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||
Bench 29 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Raul Neto, Isaiah Mobley, Sam Merrill, Mamadi Diakite, Danny Green and Robin Lopez (coach’s decision).
Orlando Magic113| 38 | 20 | 7-16 | 2-4 | 4-6 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 36 | 23 | 11-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +2.8 | |||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-18 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | −8 | −4.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 17 | 6-10 | 4-5, Ties his career high | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +7.3 | |||||
| 24 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.9 | ||||
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| 26 | 15 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 0 | +10 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 24 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.5 | ||||||
| 16 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.3 | |||
| Team | 113 | 45-8950.6% | 10-2343.5% | 47 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 13-1776.5% | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Bol Bol, Jay Scrubb, Michael Carter-Williams, Chuma Okeke, Caleb Houstan and Kevon Harris (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers117Magic113ClickTap 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.
Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 117-113.
Caris LeVert’s 29-foot 3-pointer answered Paolo Banchero’s driving layup and put the Cavaliers back ahead for good with 3:31 left in the fourth quarter.
Mitchell’s 20-foot jumper with 1:55 left made it 113-109, and his 2 free throws with 9.4 seconds left put it away at 117-111.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Magic 9-5. Mitchell (No. 5 in clutch points, 2022-23) scored 6 of the Cavaliers’ 9 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. With 3:56 left, Banchero stole the ball from Mitchell, and his driving layup off it put the Magic ahead 109-108.
Darius Garland and Evan Mobley set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points (10 in the third quarter).
For the Magic, Markelle Fultz had 23 points (7 during a 13-0 run in the first quarter) and 8 assists, and Banchero added 20 points and 10 rebounds. Wendell Carter Jr. had 17 points and 12 rebounds.
The Cavaliers shot 50.0% from the field and 48.4% from 3 to the Magic’s 50.6% and 43.5%. The Magic forced 9 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Cavaliers 60-38 in the paint. The Magic’s starters were outscored 52-36 in 15 minutes together.
Cleveland CavaliersOrlando MagicPS, 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).
99 points from the field on 83 shots: 12.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 9-16 | 56.3% | 67% |
| In the paint | 10-16 | 62.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-21 | 38.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-12 | 41.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-19 | 52.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Suggs | 26 | 9 | 4-8 | −2 |
| Gary Harris | 22 | 13 | 5-5 | +3 |
| Markelle Fultz | 17 | 4 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Franz Wagner | 6 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 45 points on 89 possessions. He usually scores about 38 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franz Wagner | 29 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Markelle Fultz | 16 | 11 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Cole Anthony | 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Paolo Banchero | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markelle Fultz | 21 | 5 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Gary Harris | 17 | 0 | 0-3 | −6 |
| Cole Anthony | 13 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Jalen Suggs | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 3-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 25 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.
ORL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
LeVert 29' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Mitchell 4 AST)
Q4 3:31
22.6%
60→37
Mitchell 20' Jump Shot (39 PTS)
Q4 1:55
19.1%
34→15
Fultz 1' Driving Dunk (23 PTS)
Q4 4:15
13.2%
34→47
Carter Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Fultz 8 AST)
Q4 4:56
13.2%
21→34
Banchero 1' Running Layup (20 PTS)
Q4 3:53
12.7%
47→60
