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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 35 | 27 | 23 | 45 | 130 |
 Wizards | 24 | 36 | 40 | 26 | 126 |
CLETeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 41-9742.3% | 15-5328.3% | 33-3691.7% | 48 | 28 | 7 |
| WAS | 42-8648.8% | 16-4436.4% | 26-3281.3% | 49 | 29 | 16 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers130| 36 | 23 | 7-17 | 2-6 | 0 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4.9 | |||||
| 35 | 18 | 6-17 | 0-11 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 35 | 48, Season high (his best before, 46) | 17-31 | 8-15 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +12.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 13 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +2.3 | |||||
| 27 | 15 | 4-14 | 3-10 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −4.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 5 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | +26 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +7.3 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −4.5 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.1 | |||||
| Team | 130 | 41-9742.3% | 15-5328.3% | 48 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 33-3691.7% | 15 | 11 | 1 | |||
Bench 13 points on 4 for 13 shooting
Did not play: Tyrese Proctor and Chris Livingston (coach’s decision).
Washington Wizards126| 41 | 27, Season high (his best before, 14) | 10-20 | 5-13, Season high (his best before, 3) | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 27 | 9-20 | 3-9 | 6-9 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 33 | 15 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 26 | 15 | 5-10 | 3-8 | 2-2 | −2 | +0.2 | ||||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 15 | 6-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 5-5 | −3 | +1.0 | ||||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | −11 | −6.1 | |||||||
| 15 | 14 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 8-8 | 0 | −16 | +0.9 | |||||||
| Team | 126 | 42-8648.8% | 16-4436.4% | 49 | 29 | 16 | 27 | 26-3281.3% | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 39 points on 11 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Sharife Cooper, Cam Whitmore, AJ Johnson and Anthony Gill (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers130Wizards126ClickTap 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.
Donovan Mitchell scored 48 points (8 during a 14-0 run in the first quarter), and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from 17 points down in the third quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 130-126.
The Cavaliers trailed 98-81 with 1:22 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Wizards 49-28 the rest of the way.
The Wizards had the ball down 2 with 30 seconds left, but Mitchell stole the ball from Marvin Bagley III, lifting the Cavaliers’ chance to win from 73% to 87%. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Wizards 14-4. Mitchell scored 7 of the Cavaliers’ 14 on 3 for 5 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Craig Porter Jr. had 2 steals, and the Cavaliers scored 2 points off them.
Evan Mobley had 23 points (10 in the first quarter), 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Mitchell scored 24 of his 48 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Wizards, Bub Carrington had 27 points and 8 assists, and CJ McCollum added 27 points and 6 assists.
The Wizards forced 7 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Cavaliers 39-13 off the bench. The Wizards were outscored 19-5 in 5 minutes with McCollum, Vukcevic, Watkins, Johnson and Riley on the floor together. Nae'Qwan Tomlin fouled out.
Cleveland CavaliersWashington WizardsPS, 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. The Cavaliers’ chance bottomed out at 14% (3rd quarter, 17s left).
97 points from the field on 97 shots: 9.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-24 | 79.2% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-16 | 37.5% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 1-4 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-11 | 9.1% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-42 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamir Watkins | 25 | 13 | 4-5 | +3 |
| Justin Champagnie | 13 | 8 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Bub Carrington | 12 | 7 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Kyshawn George | 9 | 6 | 3-7 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 14 | 5-11 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 48 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Bagley III | 43 | 7 | 3-6 | −5 |
| Tristan Vukcevic | 10 | 1 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Kyshawn George | 7 | 9 | 2-3 | +7 |
| CJ McCollum | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bub Carrington | 34 | 2 | 1-4 | −6 |
| Jamir Watkins | 13 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Kyshawn George | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| CJ McCollum | 5 | 1 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 9 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 75 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.
Score margin over time — positive = WAS leads, negative = CLE leads
WAS Largest Lead
17
Q3 1:22
CLE Largest Lead
11
Q1 0:02
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CLE 14-0 run
Q1 2:57 – Q1 0:02
+3 → -11
WAS 9-0 run
Q2 11:45 – Q2 10:38
-11 → -2
WAS 12-0 run
Q3 11:13 – Q3 10:00
-2 → +10
WAS 8-0 run
Q3 7:45 – Q3 6:10
+8 → +16
