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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 30 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 118 |
 Hornets | 20 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 113 |
CLETeam statsCHA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 41-7753.2% | 10-2147.6% | 26-2892.9% | 39 | 24 | 12 |
| CHA | 36-9239.1% | 20-5635.7% | 21-2295.5% | 45 | 26 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Cleveland Cavaliers118| 34 | 18 | 6-14 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 0 | +3 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 32 | 9-22 | 2-7 | 12-13 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 26 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | −2 | +13.0 | ||||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +0.7 | ||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −0.1 | ||||
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| 24 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +19 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +1.6 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −3.7 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +5 | −2.7 | ||||||||
| 13 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.7 | |||||
| Team | 118 | 41-7753.2% | 10-2147.6% | 39 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 26-2892.9% | 11 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 24 points on 8 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Craig Porter Jr., Tyrese Proctor, Darius Brown, Tristan Enaruna and Larry Nance Jr. (coach’s decision).
Charlotte Hornets113| 37 | 33 | 11-20 | 7-15 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | +2 | +9.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +12 | +6.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | +5 | +7.4 | |||||||
| 27 | 18 | 4-17 | 2-10 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.5 | ||||||
| 23 | 18 | 6-19 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −7.3 | |||||||
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| 20 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 20 | 11 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | −4 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −5.9 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −6.5 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 113 | 36-9239.1% | 20-5635.7% | 45 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 21-2295.5% | 23 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabaté (dnd_league_suspension).
Cavaliers118Hornets113ClickTap 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.
Jarrett Allen had 26 points (20 in the paint) and 14 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Hornets 118-113 for their seventh straight win.
Donovan Mitchell’s driving layup put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 3.5 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Hornets got within 102-101 on Brandon Miller’s three-point play with 5:48 to play, but Allen answered with a layup, and the Hornets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Hornets 9-1. Mitchell scored 6 of the Cavaliers’ 9 on 1 for 1 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
Mitchell scored 32 points.
For the Hornets, Kon Knueppel scored 33 points (15 in the second quarter) with 7 3-pointers. Miller scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers shot 53.2% from the field and 47.6% from 3 to the Hornets’ 39.1% and 35.7%. The Hornets made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Knueppel and 4 by Miller. The Cavaliers outscored the Hornets 50-28 in the paint. The Hornets’ starters outscored the Cavaliers 45-28 in 12 minutes together.
Cleveland CavaliersCharlotte HornetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
92 points from the field on 77 shots: 6.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-31 | 61.3% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-12 | 50.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 6-13 | 46.2% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-5 | 60.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-16 | 43.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kon Knueppel | 27 | 10 | 3-8 | −1 |
| Pat Connaughton | 8 | 2 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Sion James | 8 | 3 | 0-1 | 0 |
| LaMelo Ball | 5 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 11 | 4-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 35 | 18 | 8-11 | +9 |
| Sion James | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Josh Green | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sion James | 26 | 3 | 1-5 | −6 |
| Tidjane Salaün | 8 | 4 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Kon Knueppel | 7 | 7 | 2-2 | +5 |
| LaMelo Ball | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 59 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.
Score margin over time — positive = CHA leads, negative = CLE leads
CHA Largest Lead
4
Q1 7:14
CLE Largest Lead
14
Q2 6:44
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CLE 9-0 run
Q1 5:13 – Q1 3:42
+3 → -6
CLE 10-0 run
Q1 2:39 – Q2 11:30
-3 → -13
CLE 8-0 run
Q2 7:51 – Q2 6:44
-6 → -14
CHA 8-0 run
Q3 11:17 – Q3 10:04
-6 → +2
