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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 35 | 29 | 30 | 40 | 134 |
 Wizards | 33 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 124 |
CLETeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 48-9451.1% | 16-3842.1% | 22-2491.7% | 46 | 32 | 14 |
| WAS | 46-9448.9% | 16-4436.4% | 16-2564.0% | 40 | 25 | 13 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers134| 34 | 33 | 12-26 | 4-11 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +2.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 27 | 10-16 | 0-3 | 7-8 | +13 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 32 | 23 | 8-15 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0 | +8 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 17 | 6-11 | 5-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +3.8 | |||||
| 27 | 12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | +7 | +3.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 13 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | +9 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +3.1 | |||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.3 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.4 | |||
| Team | 134 | 48-9451.1% | 16-3842.1% | 46 | 32 | 14 | 20 | 22-2491.7% | 15 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Sam Merrill (personal).
Washington Wizards124| 42 | 16 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | +0.6 | |||||||
| 37 | 45, Career high (his best before, 43) | 16-32 | 4-17 | 9-11 | 0 | −2 | +8.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −25 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 17 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 31 | 12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | −20 | +5.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.1 | ||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.7 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.3 | ||
| Team | 124 | 46-9448.9% | 16-4436.4% | 40 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 16-2564.0% | 16 | 8 | 2 | |||
Bench 21 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Malcolm Brogdon and Alex Sarr (injury/illness); Khris Middleton (rest).
Cavaliers134Wizards124ClickTap 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.
Evan Mobley scored 27 points (20 in the paint), and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Washington Wizards 134-124.
Donovan Mitchell’s 13-foot floater put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 3.1 seconds left in the third quarter.
Mitchell scored 33 points, and Darius Garland added 23 points with 5 3-pointers. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Wizards, Jordan Poole scored a career-high 45 points. Richaun Holmes had 12 points (8 in the paint) and 12 rebounds. Poole scored 16 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers went 22 for 24 at the line to the Wizards’ 16 for 25. The Wizards gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Cavaliers missed. The Cavaliers outscored the Wizards 30-15 in 7 minutes with Mitchell, Jerome, Mobley, Porter and Tyson on the floor together.
Cleveland CavaliersWashington WizardsPS, 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).
112 points from the field on 94 shots: 13.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-20 | 85.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 12-27 | 44.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-31 | 41.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Coulibaly | 30 | 4 | 1-3 | −8 |
| Bub Carrington | 13 | 7 | 3-6 | +2 |
| Kyshawn George | 7 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Richaun Holmes | 5 | 3 | 1-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 12 | 5-8 | +7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyshawn George | 17 | 8 | 3-6 | +3 |
| Richaun Holmes | 13 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Tristan Vukcevic | 10 | 9 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Jordan Poole | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 2 | 1-2 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bub Carrington | 19 | 3 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Bilal Coulibaly | 13 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Kyshawn George | 9 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jordan Poole | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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.
WAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CLE
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Highest Leverage Moments
Carrington 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q3 0:44
13.1%
47→60
Mitchell 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q3 0:36
13.1%
60→47
Garland 27' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Porter Jr. 5 AST)
Q4 6:27
12.5%
27→14
Jerome 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Allen 2 AST)
Q3 6:29
12.1%
58→46
Mitchell 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q3 0:03
11.1%
58→47
