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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 31 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 108 |
 Cavaliers | 26 | 16 | 33 | 30 | 105 |
OKCTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 40-8746.0% | 13-2650.0% | 15-1978.9% | 47 | 22 | 18 |
| CLE | 38-9241.3% | 12-4526.7% | 17-2373.9% | 48 | 20 | 13 |
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Oklahoma City Thunder108| 39 | 25 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 4-6 | −6 | +6.4 | ||||||||
| 36 | 34 | 15-26 | 2-2 | 2-2 | +4 | +9.7 | ||||||||
| 35 | 14 | 4-14 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −8.9 | ||||||
| 31 | 16 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 3-4 | +6 | +9.0 | ||||||||
| 28 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −9.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −8.3 | |||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.6 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.5 | ||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.9 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.9 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 108 | 40-8746.0% | 13-2650.0% | 47 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 15-1978.9% | 6 | 8 | 10 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Aleksej Pokusevski, Tre Mann, Olivier Sarr and Davis Bertans (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers105| 42 | 43 | 15-27 | 4-11 | 9-11 | +7 | +11.9 | ||||||||
| 38 | 8 | 3-14 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | −8.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 14 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 | −7 | +1.7 | ||||||||
| 27 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 17 | 7-16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 21 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7.5 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.6 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.3 | ||||||
| Team | 105 | 38-9241.3% | 12-4526.7% | 48 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 17-2373.9% | 8 | 10 | 8 | |||
Bench 22 points on 9 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Emoni Bates, Craig Porter Jr., Tristan Thompson, Sam Merrill and Isaiah Mobley (coach’s decision).
Thunder108Cavaliers105ClickTap 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.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 34 points, 11 rebounds and 5 steals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder went on a 16-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-105 in the Cavaliers’ home opener at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The Cavaliers went on a 17-6 run to lead 100-90 with 2:37 left in the fourth quarter. Luguentz Dort’s floater put the Thunder ahead for good with 28 seconds left. They took a 106-102 lead with 11 seconds left.
The Cavaliers had the ball down 3 with 4.6 seconds left, but Gilgeous-Alexander stole the ball from Donovan Mitchell, lifting the Thunder’s chance to win from 95% to over 99%. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Thunder outscored the Cavaliers 9-6.
Dort scored 25 points on 9 for 13 shooting.
For the Cavaliers, Mitchell had 43 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Thunder shot 46.0% from the field and 50.0% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 41.3% and 26.7%.
Oklahoma City ThunderCleveland 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. The Thunder’s chance bottomed out at 1.6% (4th quarter, 1:56 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
93 points from the field on 87 shots: 0.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-27 | 55.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-17 | 23.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-17 | 47.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-20 | 50.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 29 | 12 | 5-11 | −1 |
| Dean Wade | 16 | 6 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Isaac Okoro | 13 | 4 | 2-2 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 10 | 9 | 4-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 14 | 7-16 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 45 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 34 | 5 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Max Strus | 14 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Georges Niang | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Caris LeVert | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 12 | 5-7 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley | 40 | 11 | 3-7 | +2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Max Strus | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Caris LeVert | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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
OKC
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Highest Leverage Moments
Dort 1' Driving Floating Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Joe 2 AST)
Q4 0:29
30.7%
55→24
Holmgren 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Williams 2 AST)
Q4 1:03
29.7%
85→55
Gilgeous-Alexander 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (29 PTS)
Q4 5:54
19.2%
77→58
LeVert 24' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (E. Mobley 2 AST)
Q4 4:32
16.5%
68→85
Strus 28' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Okoro 2 AST)
Q4 11:06
15.3%
37→53
