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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 27 | 36 | 24 | 31 | 118 |
 Hornets | 27 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 117 |
CLETeam statsCHA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 32-7642.1% | 11-3432.4% | 43-5184.3% | 45 | 16 | 13 |
| CHA | 44-9247.8% | 13-3735.1% | 16-2176.2% | 43 | 29 | 12 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers118| 36 | 24 | 6-19 | 0-6 | 12-18 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −9.5 | ||||||
| 34 | 19 | 6-13 | 1-5 | 0 | 6-7 | +6 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 14 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | −4 | +5.8 | ||||||
| 31 | 20 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −5.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 15 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +3.3 | ||||||
| 19 | 12 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.4 | |||
| 17 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.4 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.2 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.5 | ||||
| Team | 118 | 32-7642.1% | 11-3432.4% | 45 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 43-5184.3% | 9 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 38 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Craig Porter Jr., Tristan Thompson, Jaylon Tyson and Javonte Green (coach’s decision).
Charlotte Hornets117| 39 | 46, Career high (his best before, 45) | 15-32 | 4-10 | 12-13 | 0 | +5 | +10.1 | |||||||
| 30 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −8.7 | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-2 | +18 | +4.9 | ||||||||
| 23 | 13 | 4-13 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | −0.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −6.8 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 18 | 9 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +5.2 | |||||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.9 | ||||
| 11 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | −2.6 | |||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.4 | |||
| Team | 117 | 44-9247.8% | 13-3735.1% | 43 | 29 | 12 | 33 | 16-2176.2% | 10 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 37 points on 16 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Malachi Flynn (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers118Hornets117ClickTap 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 Charlotte Hornets 118-117 for their 13th straight win.
De'Andre Hunter’s putback put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 43 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets had the ball down 2 with 43 seconds left, but Jarrett Allen stole the ball from Miles Bridges, lifting the Cavaliers’ chance to win from 76% to 80%. A basket would have tied the game. They had the ball down 1, but Bridges missed a 50-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Hornets 19-13. Donovan Mitchell scored 6 of the Cavaliers’ 19 on 0 for 3 shooting and 6 for 8 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Allen had 2 of his 5 steals, one of them leading to Darius Garland’s free throws that put the Cavaliers ahead 107-106, and the Cavaliers scored 4 points off them.
Mitchell scored 24 points but shot 6 for 19. Garland added 20 points, and Allen had 14 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 5 steals. Mitchell scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Hornets, Bridges had a career-high 46 points and 8 rebounds.
The Cavaliers outscored the Hornets 17-4 on the fast break. The Hornets outscored the Cavaliers 19-8 in 7 minutes with Nurkić, Bridges, Jeffries, Green and Baugh on the floor together. LaMelo Ball fouled out.
Cleveland CavaliersCharlotte HornetsPS, 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 5% (4th quarter, 5:18 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
75 points from the field on 76 shots: 8.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-23 | 65.2% | 66% |
| In the paint | 5-12 | 41.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 1-7 | 14.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-29 | 31.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Green | 27 | 0 | 0-4 | −11 |
| Damion Baugh | 13 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
| DaQuan Jeffries | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Nick Smith Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 13 | 1-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMelo Ball | 17 | 10 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Damion Baugh | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Josh Green | 14 | 5 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Nick Smith Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 3 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges | 19 | 5 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 18 | 5 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Taj Gibson | 5 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| DaQuan Jeffries | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 6 | 2-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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.
CHA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Hunter 1' Putback Layup (15 PTS)
Q4 0:43
28.4%
53→24
Baugh 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
Q4 1:01
25.7%
29→55
Mobley 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 2:16
20.8%
77→56
Bridges Free Throw 2 of 2 (39 PTS)
Q4 1:32
20.6%
37→58
Garland Free Throw 1 of 2 (17 PTS)
Q4 1:52
19.0%
56→37
