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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 24 | 32 | 26 | 37 | 119 |
 Cavaliers | 23 | 37 | 23 | 38 | 121 |
DALTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 48-9152.7% | 14-3342.4% | 9-1560.0% | 36 | 23 | 5 |
| CLE | 44-8353.0% | 20-4050.0% | 13-1872.2% | 47 | 35 | 16 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers121| 38 | 31 | 11-20 | 7-11, Season high (his best before, 6) | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 33 | 19 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | −12 | +5.8 | |||||
| 32 | 8 | 2-10 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −7.0 | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 26 | 21 | 7-12 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +6.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 11 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −2.0 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +1.0 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | |||
| Team | 121 | 44-8353.0% | 20-4050.0% | 47 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 13-1872.2% | 9 | 2 | 4 | |||
Bench 30 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Damian Jones, Sam Merrill and Sharife Cooper (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks119| 41 | 45 | 17-29 | 6-11 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +23.6 | ||||||
| 39 | 30 | 12-24 | 5-8 | 1-1 | −8 | +2.9 | ||||||||
| 35 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +17 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.3 | |||||
| 22 | 9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | −5 | +2.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.3 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.2 | |||
| Team | 119 | 48-9152.7% | 14-3342.4% | 36 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 9-1560.0% | 5 | 11 | 6 | |||
Bench 17 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Dwight Powell and Markieff Morris (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers121Mavericks119ClickTap 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.
Max Strus made a 59-foot pull-up 3-pointer on a pass from Evan Mobley at the buzzer, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Dallas Mavericks 121-119.
The Mavericks led 113-106 with 3:17 left before the Cavaliers went on a 15-6 run.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Mavericks 12-9. Strus scored 6 of the Cavaliers’ 12 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Luka Dončić had 5 of his 14 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Josh Green that tied the game and 3 on baskets by P.J. Washington that put the Mavericks ahead. With 48 seconds left, Green stole the ball from Donovan Mitchell, and his driving dunk off it tied the game at 115.
Mitchell had 31 points and 6 assists, and Strus added 21 points with 7 3-pointers. Strus scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. Mitchell and Strus set each other up for 6 baskets and 18 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Mavericks, Dončić had 45 points, 9 rebounds, 14 assists and 3 steals, and Kyrie Irving added 30 points (12 in the third quarter) with 5 3-pointers. The Mavericks had 2 30-point scorers.
The Cavaliers made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Strus and 7 by Mitchell. The Mavericks got 5 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Cavaliers 24-10 off turnovers. The Cavaliers outscored the Mavericks 28-11 in 10 minutes with LeVert, Niang, Garland, Okoro and Mobley on the floor together.
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. The Cavaliers’ chance bottomed out at 4.9% (4th quarter, 4:20 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
105 points from the field on 82 shots: 13.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-24 | 62.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-14 | 42.9% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-5 | 60.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-30 | 53.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Green | 30 | 6 | 2-8 | −6 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 16 | 4 | 2-2 | −2 |
| P.J. Washington | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Luka Dončić | 6 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 11 | 4-9 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka Dončić | 22 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| P.J. Washington | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Josh Green | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 9 | 3-4 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 49 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxi Kleber | 18 | 6 | 3-3 | +1 |
| P.J. Washington | 16 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Luka Dončić | 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Dereck Lively II | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 4 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
Strus 59' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Mobley 7 AST)
Q4 0:00
84.0%
14→98
Washington 1' Layup (11 PTS) (Doncic 14 AST)
Q4 0:03
64.3%
79→14
Mitchell 25' 3PT Step Back Bank Jump Shot (31 PTS)
Q4 0:30
36.6%
55→92
Mitchell 29' 3PT Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Garland 7 AST)
Q4 1:52
32.4%
40→73
Strus 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Garland 6 AST)
Q4 2:35
22.8%
20→43
