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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 25 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 96 |
 Magic | 29 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 103 |
CLETeam statsORL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 42-8648.8% | 7-2825.0% | 5-1050.0% | 38 | 15 | 13 |
| ORL | 35-8939.3% | 11-3630.6% | 22-2684.6% | 48 | 19 | 13 |
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.
Orlando Magic103| 42 | 27 | 9-20 | 2-5 | 0 | 7-10 | 0 | +3 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 42 | 26 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 11-11 | +1 | +2.9 | ||||||||
| 36 | 11 | 4-11 | 1-7 | 0 | 2-2 | +8 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 22 | 7-16 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 0 | +2 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 23 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −6.8 | ||||||
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| 23 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.6 | ||
| Team | 103 | 35-8939.3% | 11-3630.6% | 48 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 22-2684.6% | 15 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 17 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Gary Harris (injury/illness); Caleb Houstan, Goga Bitadze, Anthony Black, Jett Howard and Chuma Okeke (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers96| 43 | 21 | 10-17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 42 | 50 | 22-36 | 3-9 | 3-6 | 0 | −3 | +6.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −5 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 27 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −8.5 | ||||||
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| 24 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.9 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −1.0 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.7 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −1 | −0.8 | |||||||
| Team | 96 | 42-8648.8% | 7-2825.0% | 38 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 5-1050.0% | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||
Bench 10 points on 4 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Damian Jones and Sam Merrill (coach’s decision); Jarrett Allen (injury/illness).
Magic103Cavaliers96ClickTap 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.
Franz Wagner scored 26 points (14 in the first quarter), and the Orlando Magic beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-96 to force Game 7 of the first-round series.
Paolo Banchero’s 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer put the Magic ahead for good with 3:39 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 94-91 on Donovan Mitchell’s 8-foot floater with 2:22 to play, but Cole Anthony answered with a tip-in, and the Cavaliers got no closer than 100-96.
During clutch time, the Magic outscored the Cavaliers 16-5. Banchero scored 7 of the Magic’s 16 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line. With 4:31 left, Franz Wagner stole the ball from Darius Garland, and Jalen Suggs’ 3-pointer off it put the Magic ahead 89-86.
Banchero had 27 points and 8 rebounds, and Suggs added 22 points with 6 3-pointers. The Magic had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Cavaliers, Mitchell scored 50 points on 22 for 36 shooting, and Garland added 21 points. Mitchell scored 18 of his 50 points in the fourth quarter.
The Magic went 22 for 26 at the line to the Cavaliers’ 5 for 10. The Cavaliers gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Magic missed. They outscored the Magic 66-38 in the paint. The Magic outscored the Cavaliers 33-23 in 12 minutes with Fultz, Carter, Wagner, Suggs and Banchero on the floor together.
Orlando MagicCleveland CavaliersPS, 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).
81 points from the field on 89 shots: 16.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-27 | 51.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 5-14 | 35.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-28 | 28.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 28 | 8 | 4-5 | −1 |
| Isaac Okoro | 21 | 5 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Evan Mobley | 11 | 5 | 2-7 | +1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 6 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 4-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Strus | 45 | 13 | 6-10 | −1 |
| Isaac Okoro | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Darius Garland | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 13 | 2-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 39 | 6 | 2-5 | −3 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 12 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Evan Mobley | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 4 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 5 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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.
ORL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Banchero 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (21 PTS) (F. Wagner 2 AST)
Q4 3:39
17.8%
55→73
Mitchell 5' Driving Layup (40 PTS)
Q4 5:15
16.0%
56→40
Fultz 3' Driving Reverse Layup (6 PTS) (Anthony 1 AST)
Q4 8:45
14.7%
43→58
Strus 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Garland 5 AST)
Q3 7:59
13.8%
43→30
Mitchell 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (34 PTS)
Q4 9:14
13.2%
56→43
