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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 27 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 108 |
 Grizzlies | 27 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 101 |
CLETeam statsMEM| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 41-8647.7% | 14-3540.0% | 12-1866.7% | 48 | 26 | 14 |
| MEM | 37-9041.1% | 12-3831.6% | 15-1788.2% | 43 | 25 | 12 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers108| 33 | 25 | 10-19 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −0.6 | |||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +13 | +5.3 | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +19 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 24 | 9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | |||||
| 21 | 14 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | +6 | +0.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 16 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.0 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.1 | |||||
| 18 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.5 | ||||
| 15 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | +1.4 | |||||||
| Team | 108 | 41-8647.7% | 14-3540.0% | 48 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 12-1866.7% | 10 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 43 points on 15 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Tristan Thompson (league suspension); Craig Porter Jr. (coach’s decision).
Memphis Grizzlies101| 38 | 18 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 34 | 25 | 10-23 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 0 | −11 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −8 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 31 | 17 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-6 | −10 | +2.2 | ||||||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | −2 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 10 | 3-14 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 0 | +2 | −6.4 | |||||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2.5 | |||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-12 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −8.6 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | +4 | +2.2 | ||||||
| Team | 101 | 37-9041.1% | 12-3831.6% | 43 | 25 | 12 | 19 | 15-1788.2% | 7 | 9 | 12 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Tosan Evbuomwan, Xavier Tillman and Matt Hurt (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers108Grizzlies101ClickTap 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.
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 108-101 for their fourth straight win.
Max Strus’ 8-foot floater put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 3:40 left in the fourth quarter.
The Grizzlies got within 98-97 on GG Jackson’s free throw with 3:02 to play, but Donovan Mitchell answered with a step-back 3-pointer, and the Grizzlies got no closer than 101-99.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Grizzlies 11-7. Strus scored 6 of the Cavaliers’ 11 on 2 for 2 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Caris LeVert had 2 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Cavaliers scored 2 points off them.
Mitchell had 25 points and 7 assists, and Strus added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
For the Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 25 points (14 in the paint) and 3 blocks, and GG Jackson went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Cavaliers shot 47.7% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Grizzlies’ 41.1% and 31.6%. They outscored the Grizzlies 43-23 off the bench. The Cavaliers were outscored 14-3 in 4 minutes with Jones, LeVert, Niang, Garland and Merrill on the floor together.
Cleveland CavaliersMemphis GrizzliesPS, 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 Cavaliers’ chance bottomed out at 18% (2nd quarter, 1:00 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
96 points from the field on 86 shots: 3.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-23 | 69.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-21 | 33.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-7 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-32 | 40.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Williams Jr. | 38 | 5 | 2-5 | −10 |
| Santi Aldama | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Scotty Pippen Jr. | 6 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 13 | 5-7 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GG Jackson | 14 | 4 | 1-3 | 0 |
| John Konchar | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| David Roddy | 10 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | 6 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 6 | 3-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | 23 | 6 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Santi Aldama | 7 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Trey Jemison III | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| John Konchar | 4 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
MEM win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Mitchell 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 2:42
25.4%
46→21
Strus 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Merrill 1 AST)
Q4 3:40
17.6%
55→37
Williams Jr. 4' Driving Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 4:09
16.4%
39→55
LeVert 1' Driving Dunk (16 PTS) (Strus 4 AST)
Q4 1:47
14.9%
30→15
LeVert 13' Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q4 8:28
14.6%
55→40
