NBA Final Intelligence

CLE 4-3
115 โ€“ 110
FINAL
CHI 1-6

Cleveland Cavaliers 115, Chicago Bulls 110 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 115, Chicago Bulls 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 32-22 CHI; Q2 CLE 29-23 CHI; Q3 CLE 32-28 CHI; Q4 CLE 22-37 CHI.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (CLE) 36 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 26 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists on 12-of-19 shooting; Tre Jones (CHI) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Jaylon Tyson (CLE) 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Rob Dillingham (CHI) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท CLE
36 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 7 3PM ยท 10-23 FG
Scoring ยท CLE
26 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST ยท 12-19 FG
Scoring ยท CHI
20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM ยท 6-12 FG
Season highs
Josh Giddey ยท Season-high 19 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

CLE 29 largest lead Q3 5:54 (CLE 84, CHI 55) ยท 14-0 run, Q1 0:02โ€“Q2 7:59
CHI 9 largest lead Q1 8:53 (CLE 2, CHI 11) ยท 12-0 run, Q4 7:02โ€“Q4 5:08
Swings 3 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Evan Mobley makes dunk (James Harden assists) (Q1 4:52, CLE 18, CHI 16).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:33 Tre Jones makes free throw 2 of 2CHI ยท CLE 103, CHI 102
  • Q4 3:18 Sam Merrill makes 27-foot three point jumper (Keon Ellis assists)CLE ยท CLE 106, CHI 102
  • Q4 2:39 Keon Ellis makes 1-foot running dunkCLE ยท CLE 108, CHI 102
  • Q4 2:24 Guerschon Yabusele makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)CHI ยท CLE 108, CHI 105
  • Q4 2:00 Evan Mobley makes 1-foot dunk (James Harden assists)CLE ยท CLE 110, CHI 105
  • Q4 1:41 Josh Giddey makes 8-foot driving floating jump shotCHI ยท CLE 110, CHI 107
  • Q4 0:32 James Harden makes 18-foot pullup jump shotCLE ยท CLE 112, CHI 107
  • Q4 0:29 Tre Jones makes free throw 2 of 2CHI ยท CLE 112, CHI 108
  • Q4 0:17 James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2CLE ยท CLE 113, CHI 108
  • Q4 0:04 Guerschon Yabusele makes running layupCHI ยท CLE 113, CHI 110
  • Q4 0:01 Dennis Schroder makes free throw 1 of 2CLE ยท CLE 114, CHI 110
  • Q4 0:01 Dennis Schroder makes free throw 2 of 2CLE ยท CLE 115, CHI 110

Linescore

1234 T
CLE 32293222 115
CHI 22232837 110

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

CLECHI
46Points in the paint50
4Fast-break points19
14Second-chance points8
16Points off turnovers23
22Bench points43
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
51.6%Effective FG%52.7%
11.8%Turnover %13.6%
31.4%Offensive rebound %24.0%
0.341Free-throw rate0.181

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
James Harden G 37367921510-237-139-11+9
Evan Mobley F-C 362614310012-190-12-6+11
Sam Merrill G 3113131205-123-80-0+1
Keon Ellis G 278233142-60-34-4-6
Max Strus G 240612010-50-50-0-7
Jaylon Tyson G-F 23181131128-142-40-2+1
Dean Wade F 190710000-30-20-0+2
Dennis Schroder G 169231021-41-36-6+7
Thomas Bryant C 165400002-51-20-2+4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F 110000000-00-00-0+3

Chicago Bulls

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Josh Giddey G 3796191254-111-50-0-5
Matas Buzelis F 3313503325-132-91-2-20
Tre Jones G 3220433026-122-46-8+4
Nick Richards C 3016800017-111-21-4+11
Guerschon Yabusele F 29101112204-82-50-0+3
Rob Dillingham G 2117411007-143-70-0-9
Patrick Williams F 206111022-52-40-0+5
Leonard Miller F 1910400024-91-31-1-2
Collin Sexton G 199420023-111-52-2-12

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
James Harden Starter 373664.734.4+10.117.5
Evan Mobley Starter 362660.123.9+13.118.8
Jaylon Tyson Starter 231860.528.3+6.022.7
Sam Merrill Starter 311354.215.8+1.56.2
Dean Wade Starter 1900.06.7+8.34.1
Dennis Schroder Bench 16967.820.5+21.213.1
Keon Ellis Bench 27851.518.2-8.13.5
Thomas Bryant Bench 16542.514.3+16.46.5
Larry Nance Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Max Strus Bench 2400.010.0-6.92.1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Bench 1100.00.0+13.00.0
Tristan Enaruna Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Chicago BullsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Tre Jones Starter 322064.420.0+4.112.2
Nick Richards Starter 301662.716.9+15.97.6
Matas Buzelis Starter 331346.819.3-29.97.7
Collin Sexton Starter 19937.933.3-19.02.4
Josh Giddey Starter 37940.918.2-8.012.0
Rob Dillingham Bench 211760.726.4-17.013.1
Guerschon Yabusele Bench 291062.510.4+1.517.0
Leonard Miller Bench 191053.022.0-7.16.8
Patrick Williams Bench 20660.013.2+8.90.0
Isaac Okoro Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jalen Smith Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Lachlan Olbrich Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CLE 2 โ€“ 2 CHI
Last 23 meetings ยท since 2020-21 CLE 16 โ€“ 7 CHI
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Cleveland Cavaliers 43-27 W2 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ NOP ยท Sat, Mar 21
Chicago Bulls 28-42 L2 L10 4-6 Next game recap: vs HOU ยท Mon, Mar 23

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