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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Magic | 26 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 83 |
 Cavaliers | 33 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 97 |
ORLTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORL | 28-8632.6% | 8-3721.6% | 19-3063.3% | 40 | 16 | 12 |
| CLE | 36-8144.4% | 8-3026.7% | 17-2181.0% | 54 | 21 | 17 |
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 Cavaliers97| 36 | 16 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 36 | 30 | 11-21 | 3-8 | 5-5 | 0 | +10 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 35 | 16 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | +10 | +7.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −10.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 5 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −7.7 | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | −1.4 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.2 | |||||
| Team | 97 | 36-8144.4% | 8-3026.7% | 54 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 17-2181.0% | 10 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 14 points on 4 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Tristan Thompson, Marcus Morris Sr. and Damian Jones (coach’s decision).
Orlando Magic83| 41 | 24 | 9-17 | 2-7 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −8.4 | ||||||
| 38 | 18 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-4 | −7 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 33 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −9.1 | |||||
| 33 | 13 | 4-16 | 1-7 | 4-6 | −13 | −4.6 | ||||||||
| 29 | 10 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | −13 | +3.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −5.6 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +1 | +1.4 | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.6 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 0-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.8 | ||||
| Team | 83 | 28-8632.6% | 8-3721.6% | 40 | 16 | 12 | 25 | 19-3063.3% | 11 | 12 | 7 | |||
Bench 18 points on 5 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Anthony Black, Jett Howard, Goga Bitadze, Chuma Okeke and Caleb Houstan (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers97Magic83ClickTap 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 30 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 97-83 for a 1-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Cavaliers took control with an 18-2 run bridging the third and fourth quarters and led by as many as 20.
Jarrett Allen had 16 points (12 in the paint) and 18 rebounds.
For the Magic, Paolo Banchero scored 24 points, and Jalen Suggs went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Cavaliers shot 44.4% from the field and 26.7% from 3 to the Magic’s 32.6% and 21.6%. They held the Magic to 83 points. The Magic’s starters were outscored 58-48 in 27 minutes together.
Cleveland CavaliersOrlando MagicPS, 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).
80 points from the field on 81 shots: 9.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-28 | 60.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-12 | 58.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-7 | 14.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-23 | 30.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 34 | 4 | 2-5 | −9 |
| Franz Wagner | 11 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Jalen Suggs | 10 | 7 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Paolo Banchero | 8 | 7 | 3-7 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Banchero | 27 | 0 | 0-2 | −7 |
| Wendell Carter Jr. | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Jalen Suggs | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Gary Harris | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 2-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Isaac | 36 | 6 | 2-3 | −4 |
| Paolo Banchero | 11 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Franz Wagner | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Gary Harris | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 1 | 0-3 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 81 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.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
ORL
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Highest Leverage Moments
Isaac 3PT Running Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Banchero 4 AST)
Q3 8:24
10.9%
77→66
Banchero 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Suggs 3 AST)
Q3 5:27
10.9%
77→66
Mitchell 32' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Garland 1 AST)
Q1 11:14
9.7%
58→68
Banchero 1' Layup (4 PTS)
Q1 7:57
9.1%
73→64
Mobley 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Garland 3 AST)
Q1 7:39
9.0%
64→73
