Dallas Mavericks @ Cleveland Cavaliers

40-28, 21-13 Away

124

40-28, 21-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mavericks DAL	39	25	34	26	124
Cavaliers CLE	30	23	19	25	97

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Shot Made

Shot Missed

Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)
Dean Wade misses 5-foot jump bank shot
Josh Richardson makes free throw 1 of 2
Josh Richardson makes free throw 2 of 2
Collin Sexton makes 1-foot layup (Kevin Love assists)
Collin Sexton makes free throw 1 of 1
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Allen misses alley oop layup
Collin Sexton makes tip shot
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Kevin Love misses driving layup
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
Kevin Love makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 9-foot two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Isaac Okoro makes 7-foot two point shot (Kevin Love assists)
Josh Richardson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 34-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Richardson makes 16-foot jumper
Collin Sexton makes 11-foot two point shot
Josh Richardson makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Isaac Okoro misses driving floating jump shot
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2
Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson makes 14-foot jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaac Okoro misses driving dunk
Collin Sexton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)
Josh Richardson misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic misses 17-foot two point shot
Dean Wade makes 25-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Isaac Okoro makes two point shot
Josh Richardson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Jarrett Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Jarrett Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Josh Richardson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Brunson assists)
Damyean Dotson makes 29-foot three point jumper (Isaac Okoro assists)
Jalen Brunson makes driving layup
Brodric Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Damyean Dotson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Richardson makes driving layup
Nicolo Melli misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 17-foot jumper (Brodric Thomas assists)
Luka Doncic makes layup
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
Isaac Okoro misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2
Dwight Powell makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Damyean Dotson makes 1-foot driving dunk
Dwight Powell makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Damyean Dotson misses 46-foot three point jumper
Brodric Thomas misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
JJ Redick misses 25-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton misses 6-foot two point shot
Collin Sexton misses 16-foot jumper
Dwight Powell misses two point shot
Collin Sexton makes driving layup (Damyean Dotson assists)
Luka Doncic misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
Damyean Dotson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mfiondu Kabengele makes dunk
Nicolo Melli makes 26-foot three point jumper (JJ Redick assists)
Mfiondu Kabengele misses driving layup
Brodric Thomas misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic makes driving layup (Nicolo Melli assists)
Collin Sexton misses 9-foot two point shot
Mfiondu Kabengele makes two point shot
JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mfiondu Kabengele makes free throw 1 of 2
Mfiondu Kabengele makes free throw 2 of 2
Nicolo Melli makes 20-foot two point shot (Jalen Brunson assists)
Damyean Dotson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell makes 2-foot dunk (Josh Green assists)
Collin Sexton misses driving floating jump shot
Nicolo Melli makes dunk (Josh Green assists)
Mfiondu Kabengele misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Jalen Brunson assists)
Isaac Okoro makes driving layup (Mfiondu Kabengele assists)
Luka Doncic misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
Mfiondu Kabengele makes 28-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Nicolo Melli misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Collin Sexton misses two point shot
Josh Richardson misses 30-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Isaac Okoro makes 6-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic makes 6-foot two point shot
Dean Wade misses 27-foot three point jumper
Isaac Okoro misses 26-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton misses free throw 1 of 2
Collin Sexton misses free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic misses 31-foot three point jumper
Brodric Thomas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Damyean Dotson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper
Damyean Dotson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson makes two point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Jarrett Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 50-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton makes free throw 1 of 2
Collin Sexton makes free throw 2 of 2
Josh Richardson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Collin Sexton makes two point shot
Dorian Finney-Smith makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Isaac Okoro misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Collin Sexton makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Collin Sexton makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Dorian Finney-Smith misses driving layup
Isaac Okoro misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dorian Finney-Smith makes layup (Josh Richardson assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 2-foot two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 33-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
Dwight Powell makes dunk
Kevin Love misses 16-foot jumper
Josh Richardson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot layup (Collin Sexton assists)
Jalen Brunson makes driving layup
Collin Sexton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 14-foot two point shot
Brodric Thomas makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 33-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Josh Richardson makes two point shot (Dwight Powell assists)
Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Isaac Okoro misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaac Okoro misses two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nicolo Melli assists)
Isaac Okoro misses driving layup
Jarrett Allen makes two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes dunk (Dwight Powell assists)
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2
Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2
Jalen Brunson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Damyean Dotson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Collin Sexton assists)
Trey Burke makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
Collin Sexton misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Anderson Varejao misses tip shot
Jalen Brunson makes 26-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 1-foot layup (Jalen Brunson assists)
Brodric Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Brodric Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
Jalen Brunson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
Mfiondu Kabengele makes 15-foot jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Josh Green misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2
Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2
Josh Green misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Collin Sexton makes 28-foot three point jumper (Damyean Dotson assists)
Trey Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mfiondu Kabengele misses free throw 1 of 2
Mfiondu Kabengele makes free throw 2 of 2
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Green makes 1-foot dunk (Nicolo Melli assists)
Collin Sexton misses 9-foot jumper
JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaac Okoro makes dunk (Collin Sexton assists)
Nicolo Melli makes free throw 1 of 2
Nicolo Melli makes free throw 2 of 2
Dean Wade misses 25-foot three point jumper
JJ Redick makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Trey Burke assists)
Mfiondu Kabengele makes layup (Jeremiah Martin assists)
JJ Redick makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Burke assists)
Isaac Okoro makes free throw 1 of 2
Isaac Okoro makes free throw 2 of 2
JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaac Okoro misses 30-foot three point jumper
Dwight Powell misses layup
Trey Burke makes two point shot
Jeremiah Martin misses driving layup
Trey Burke misses 18-foot jumper
Trey Burke misses two point shot
Jeremiah Martin misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Green misses driving floating jump shot
Jeremiah Martin misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Boban Marjanovic misses 8-foot two point shot
Jeremiah Martin misses driving layup
Trey Burke makes 6-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2
Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2
Nate Hinton misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Boban Marjanovic makes 10-foot hook shot
Brodric Thomas makes driving layup
Boban Marjanovic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
Brodric Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
Brodric Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
Trey Burke misses layup
Boban Marjanovic makes tip shot
Jeremiah Martin makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Nate Hinton misses driving layup
Trey Burke misses 36-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 23-foot three point jumper

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		DAL	CLE
12:00	Willie Cauley-Stein vs. Jarrett Allen (Tim Hardaway Jr. gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)	3	0
11:27	Dean Wade misses 5-foot jump bank shot	3	0
11:24	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	3	0
11:07	Collin Sexton shooting foul	3	0
11:07	Josh Richardson makes free throw 1 of 2	4	0
11:07	Josh Richardson makes free throw 2 of 2	5	0
10:55	Collin Sexton makes 1-foot layup (Kevin Love assists)	5	2
10:55	Willie Cauley-Stein shooting foul	5	2
10:55	Collin Sexton makes free throw 1 of 1	5	3
10:43	Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	3
10:43	Cavaliers defensive team rebound	5	3
10:25	Jarrett Allen misses alley oop layup	5	3
10:20	Collin Sexton offensive rebound	5	3
10:20	Collin Sexton makes tip shot	5	5
10:14	Luka Doncic makes driving layup	7	5
9:57	Kevin Love misses driving layup	7	5
9:54	Dorian Finney-Smith defensive rebound	7	5
9:52	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)	10	5
9:33	Collin Sexton bad pass (Dorian Finney-Smith steals)	10	5
9:28	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)	13	5
9:19	Cavaliers Full timeout	13	5
9:11	Kevin Love makes 12-foot step back jumpshot	13	7
8:55	Willie Cauley-Stein makes 9-foot two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)	15	7
8:31	Isaac Okoro makes 7-foot two point shot (Kevin Love assists)	15	9
8:17	Josh Richardson misses 27-foot three point jumper	15	9
8:14	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	9
8:08	Kevin Love misses 34-foot three point jumper	15	9
8:06	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	15	9
7:56	Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	15	9
7:49	Josh Richardson offensive rebound	15	9
7:46	Josh Richardson makes 16-foot jumper	17	9
7:29	Collin Sexton makes 11-foot two point shot	17	11
7:19	Josh Richardson makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	19	11
6:54	Isaac Okoro misses driving floating jump shot	19	11
6:52	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	19	11
6:48	Dean Wade shooting foul	19	11
6:48	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2	20	11
6:48	Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2	20	11
6:43	Kevin Love defensive rebound	20	11
6:29	Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	11
6:27	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	20	11
6:17	Josh Richardson makes 14-foot jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)	22	11
6:04	Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	11
6:01	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	22	11
5:54	Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	11
5:51	Jarrett Allen defensive rebound	22	11
5:28	Isaac Okoro misses driving dunk	22	11
5:26	Jarrett Allen offensive rebound	22	11
5:23	Collin Sexton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)	22	14
5:10	Josh Richardson misses 17-foot jumper	22	14
5:08	Collin Sexton defensive rebound	22	14
5:00	Kevin Love misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	22	14
4:59	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	22	14
4:40	Luka Doncic misses 17-foot two point shot	22	14
4:36	Jarrett Allen defensive rebound	22	14
4:29	Dean Wade makes 25-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)	22	17
4:29	Mavericks Full timeout	22	17
4:29	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Kevin Love	22	17
4:29	Brodric Thomas enters the game for Collin Sexton	22	17
4:29	Jalen Brunson enters the game for Willie Cauley-Stein	22	17
4:29	Dwight Powell enters the game for Luka Doncic	22	17
4:15	Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	17
4:12	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	22	17
3:59	Isaac Okoro makes two point shot	22	19
3:40	Josh Richardson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot	24	19
3:24	Dorian Finney-Smith shooting foul	24	19
3:24	Jarrett Allen misses free throw 1 of 2	24	19
3:24	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	24	19
3:24	Damyean Dotson enters the game for Dean Wade	24	19
3:24	Nicolo Melli enters the game for Dorian Finney-Smith	24	19
3:24	Jarrett Allen misses free throw 2 of 2	24	19
3:21	Dwight Powell defensive rebound	24	19
3:11	Josh Richardson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Brunson assists)	26	19
2:52	Damyean Dotson makes 29-foot three point jumper (Isaac Okoro assists)	26	22
2:38	Jalen Brunson makes driving layup	28	22
2:30	Nicolo Melli personal foul	28	22
2:30	Mfiondu Kabengele enters the game for Jarrett Allen	28	22
2:30	Luka Doncic enters the game for Tim Hardaway Jr.	28	22
2:19	Brodric Thomas lost ball turnover (Jalen Brunson steals)	28	22
2:16	Brodric Thomas blocks Josh Richardson's layup	28	22
2:12	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	28	22
2:10	Brodric Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper	28	25
2:01	Dwight Powell makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)	30	25
1:47	Damyean Dotson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot	30	25
1:44	Josh Richardson defensive rebound	30	25
1:37	Josh Richardson makes driving layup	32	25
1:32	Dwight Powell personal take foul	32	25
1:32	Josh Green enters the game for Josh Richardson	32	25
1:32	Willie Cauley-Stein enters the game for Dwight Powell	32	25
1:25	Mfiondu Kabengele bad pass (Jalen Brunson steals)	32	25
1:17	Nicolo Melli misses 25-foot three point jumper	32	25
1:14	Brodric Thomas defensive rebound	32	25
1:05	Anderson Varejao makes 17-foot jumper (Brodric Thomas assists)	32	27
54.6	Luka Doncic makes layup	34	27
54.6	Isaac Okoro shooting foul	34	27
54.6	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1	35	27
41.6	Isaac Okoro misses 7-foot pullup jump shot	35	27
41.6	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	35	27
41.6	Josh Green loose ball foul	35	27
41.6	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2	35	28
41.6	Dwight Powell enters the game for Willie Cauley-Stein	35	28
41.6	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2	35	28
38.8	Nicolo Melli defensive rebound	35	28
30.0	Dwight Powell makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)	37	28
20.0	Damyean Dotson makes 1-foot driving dunk	37	30
3.1	Dwight Powell makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)	39	30
1.0	Damyean Dotson misses 46-foot three point jumper	39	30
1.0	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	39	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	39	30

Matchups

DAL

DAL wins season

2-0

CLE

110

Game 1•@ DAL

Final

124

Game 2•@ CLE

Final

Game Information

Cleveland, OH

Referee:Bennie Adams

Referee:Michael Smith

Referee:David Guthrie

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	37	16	.698	-	W5
Houston	33	19	.635	3.5	W2
Memphis	20	32	.385	16.5	L3
Dallas	19	34	.358	18	L8
New Orleans	15	40	.273	23	W2

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	39	13	.750	-	W2
Cleveland	33	21	.611	7	W4
Chicago	24	30	.444	16	L5
Milwaukee	21	30	.412	17.5	L1
Indiana	14	40	.259	26	W1

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