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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bucks | 31 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 114 |
 Cavaliers | 35 | 38 | 16 | 27 | 116 |
MILTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 42-8648.8% | 17-3548.6% | 13-1586.7% | 49 | 21 | 14 |
| CLE | 46-9150.5% | 17-3745.9% | 7-1353.8% | 39 | 28 | 10 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers116| 35 | 39 | 15-22 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +16.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | +6 | +5.6 | ||||||
| 32 | 17 | 6-15 | 1-3 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | +1 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 31 | 14 | 5-15 | 3-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −4.8 | |||||
| 26 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +20 | −3.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 26 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | |||||
| 19 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +0.8 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.8 | |||
| Team | 116 | 46-9150.5% | 17-3745.9% | 39 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 7-1353.8% | 5 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 27 points on 11 for 20 shooting
Did not play: JT Thor and Tristan Thompson (coach’s decision).
Milwaukee Bucks114| 39 | 21 | 10-21 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 36 | 11-22 | 5-9 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 36 | 13 | 6-12 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −8.5 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 21 | 7-9 | 7-9, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +6.7 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +4.0 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +0.5 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.9 | |
| Team | 114 | 42-8648.8% | 17-3548.6% | 49 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 13-1586.7% | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 37 points on 13 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Stanley Umude, Tyler Smith and Liam Robbins (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers116Bucks114ClickTap 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.
Darius Garland scored 39 points (7 during a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter), and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-114 for their eighth straight win.
Garland’s step-back 3-pointer answered Damian Lillard’s step-back 3-pointer and put the Cavaliers back ahead for good with 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Jarrett Allen’s cutting layup with 12.2 seconds left made it 115-111 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Bucks 15-8. Garland (No. 8 in clutch points, 2024-25) scored 9 of the Cavaliers’ 15 on 4 for 6 shooting. With 3:28 left, Donovan Mitchell stole the ball from Lillard, and Garland’s driving layup off it tied the game at 106.
Garland and Allen set each other up for 7 baskets and 16 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Bucks, Lillard had 36 points and 7 assists, and AJ Green added 21 points (all 21 on 7 3-pointers) on 7 for 9 shooting off the bench. Bobby Portis had 21 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks. The Bucks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Cavaliers outscored the Bucks 27-14 in 7 minutes with Niang, Allen, Garland, Okoro and Merrill on the floor together.
Cleveland CavaliersMilwaukee BucksPS, 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 14% (4th quarter, 6:06 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
109 points from the field on 90 shots: 10.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-26 | 65.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 9-18 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-10 | 30.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-13 | 53.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-24 | 41.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Trent Jr. | 11 | 10 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Andre Jackson Jr. | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| AJ Green | 10 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Damian Lillard | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 20 | 8-12 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 39 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Portis | 32 | 10 | 3-10 | 0 |
| Brook Lopez | 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Damian Lillard | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Andre Jackson Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Lopez | 40 | 8 | 4-10 | −3 |
| Bobby Portis | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Pat Connaughton | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| AJ Green | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Lillard 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (36 PTS)
Q4 1:18
35.9%
56→21
Garland 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (39 PTS)
Q4 0:45
35.4%
37→73
Allen 1' Cutting Layup Shot (14 PTS) (Garland 8 AST)
Q4 0:12
21.2%
77→98
Garland 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (34 PTS)
Q4 2:20
20.1%
53→73
Garland 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (32 PTS) (Mitchell 4 AST)
Q4 3:24
17.6%
37→55
