Maxed out: Strus sinks 59-footer at the final horn, sending Cavaliers to 121-119 win over Mavericks

— Max Strus caught the pass, and with barely any time to think never mind shoot, one thing crossed his mind.
Feb 28, 2024, 05:22 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--DAL
100%
--CLE

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Max Strus misses 22-foot jumper
  • P.J. Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Evan Mobley misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dereck Lively II makes 5-foot hook shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Evan Mobley misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Darius Garland makes 27-foot three point jumper (Evan Mobley assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Josh Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Mobley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Max Strus makes 22-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 20-foot jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Evan Mobley misses two point shot
  • P.J. Washington makes 1-foot dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Evan Mobley makes 1-foot dunk (Darius Garland assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dereck Lively II blocks Donovan Mitchell's two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Caris LeVert misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Max Strus misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dereck Lively II makes two point shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Dereck Lively II blocks Caris LeVert 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Luka Doncic makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes layup (Max Strus assists)
  • Max Strus blocks Tim Hardaway Jr. 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Caris LeVert misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Darius Garland misses driving layup
  • Isaac Okoro makes 23-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Derrick Jones Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Daniel Gafford misses layup
  • Darius Garland misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Darius Garland makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Darius Garland misses free throw 3 of 3
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Georges Niang misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Caris LeVert makes two point shot (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Daniel Gafford makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Darius Garland misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Caris LeVert makes driving layup (Evan Mobley assists)
  • Jaden Hardy makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Evan Mobley makes two point shot (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Isaac Okoro makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Isaac Okoro misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Maxi Kleber misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Darius Garland makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Darius Garland makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Darius Garland misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dereck Lively II misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dereck Lively II misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Isaac Okoro makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Georges Niang makes two point shot (Darius Garland assists)
  • Josh Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Caris LeVert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Evan Mobley assists)
  • Jaden Hardy misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Hardy misses two point shot
  • Jaden Hardy misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving floating jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 28-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Georges Niang makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Daniel Gafford makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes technical free throw
  • Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
  • P.J. Washington makes 22-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
  • Max Strus makes 26-foot three point jumper (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jarrett Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Josh Green makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Max Strus misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Max Strus blocks Luka Doncic's driving layup
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 29-foot three point shot (Max Strus assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Maxi Kleber makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Maxi Kleber misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Donovan Mitchell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 30-foot three point jumper
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes 30-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jarrett Allen makes 7-foot two point shot (Max Strus assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Josh Green misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Darius Garland misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Max Strus misses two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving blocks Jarrett Allen 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Dereck Lively II makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Darius Garland makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Evan Mobley misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot dunk (Evan Mobley assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Dereck Lively II makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dereck Lively II misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Max Strus assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Evan Mobley misses two point shot
  • Josh Green misses dunk
  • Kyrie Irving makes two point shot
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 22-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Max Strus misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes technical free throw
  • Caris LeVert makes driving layup
  • P.J. Washington misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. blocks Jarrett Allen's two point shot
  • Maxi Kleber misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Caris LeVert misses driving layup
  • Jarrett Allen makes dunk
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • Jarrett Allen blocks Derrick Jones Jr. 's 1-foot layup
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 26-foot three point shot (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot (P.J. Washington assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot two point shot (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Derrick Jones Jr. makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Caris LeVert misses two point shot
  • Donovan Mitchell blocks Luka Doncic 's 17-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Isaac Okoro misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick Jones Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Derrick Jones Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Evan Mobley makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Darius Garland assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Darius Garland misses two point shot
  • Caris LeVert makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Evan Mobley assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Darius Garland misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Evan Mobley makes driving layup (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Josh Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Mobley makes 1-foot dunk (Darius Garland assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes layup
  • Georges Niang makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Isaac Okoro makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Darius Garland assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Dereck Lively II makes alley oop dunk shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Evan Mobley assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
  • Evan Mobley makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Evan Mobley makes free throw 2 of 2
  • P.J. Washington makes 8-foot two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • P.J. Washington makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • P.J. Washington misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Isaac Okoro misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • P.J. Washington misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • P.J. Washington blocks Donovan Mitchell 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Maxi Kleber makes 25-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists)
  • Darius Garland misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes layup (Maxi Kleber assists)
  • Max Strus makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Max Strus makes 23-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 33-foot three pointer
  • Max Strus makes 28-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
  • Max Strus makes 29-foot three point shot (Darius Garland assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 29-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)
  • Josh Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Maxi Kleber blocks Darius Garland 's 1-foot driving layup
  • Josh Green makes dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 24-foot three point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • P.J. Washington makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Max Strus makes 59-foot three pointer (Evan Mobley assists)
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