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CLE 4-3
118 – 111
FINAL
GSW 5-3

Cleveland Cavaliers 118, Golden State Warriors 111 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 118, Golden State Warriors 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 30-26 GSW; Q2 CLE 24-21 GSW; Q3 CLE 30-33 GSW; Q4 CLE 34-31 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Brandin Podziemski (GSW) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Gui Santos (GSW) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Max Strus (CLE) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE
Donovan Mitchell
25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 7-14 FG
Scoring · GSW
Gui Santos
25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-14 FG
Scoring · GSW
Brandin Podziemski
25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-15 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CLE 13 largest lead Q2 2:22 (CLE 53, GSW 40) · 11-0 run, Q2 4:53–Q2 2:22
GSW 4 largest lead Q4 7:57 (CLE 94, GSW 98) · 11-0 run, Q4 9:28–Q4 7:57
Swings 7 lead changes Tied 11 times

Ahead for good: Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q4 3:38, CLE 104, GSW 103).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:01 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2GSW · CLE 105, GSW 103
  • Q4 2:28 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 106, GSW 103
  • Q4 2:28 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2CLE · CLE 107, GSW 103
  • Q4 2:21 Brandin Podziemski makes 13-foot driving floating jump shotGSW · CLE 107, GSW 105
  • Q4 1:56 Max Strus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Evan Mobley assists)CLE · CLE 110, GSW 105
  • Q4 1:45 Brandin Podziemski makes driving layup (Gui Santos assists)GSW · CLE 110, GSW 107
  • Q4 0:54 Max Strus makes 28-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)CLE · CLE 113, GSW 107
  • Q4 0:43 Brandin Podziemski makes driving layupGSW · CLE 113, GSW 109
  • Q4 0:21 James Harden makes 11-foot driving floating jump shotCLE · CLE 115, GSW 109
  • Q4 0:15 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2CLE · CLE 116, GSW 109
  • Q4 0:10 Brandin Podziemski makes driving layupGSW · CLE 116, GSW 111
  • Q4 0:09 James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 117, GSW 111

Linescore

1234 T
CLE 30243034 118
GSW 26213331 111

🧮 How They Scored

CLEGSW
48Points in the paint50
7Fast-break points10
11Second-chance points15
8Points off turnovers23
22Bench points32
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
61.0%Effective FG%50.0%
13.8%Turnover %10.5%
22.7%Offensive rebound %25.0%
0.317Free-throw rate0.213

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
James Harden G 3719250047-113-62-2+1
Donovan Mitchell G 3525632157-144-77-7+1
Evan Mobley F-C 32121051006-110-20-2+3
Max Strus G 2824520029-146-100-0+17
Sam Merrill G 283251021-61-60-0+12
Jarrett Allen C 24161301005-100-06-12+12
Keon Ellis G 224321002-70-20-0-6
Dennis Schroder G 2012261024-71-23-3-8
Thomas Bryant C 143300001-21-10-0+3

Golden State Warriors

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Brandin Podziemski G 3525442019-152-55-6-11
Draymond Green F 358991323-112-80-0+6
Gui Santos F 3125442039-142-65-6+5
Kristaps Porzingis F-C 2816710126-130-54-4-16
Gary Payton II G 2781222114-90-20-0+8
De'Anthony Melton G 265633022-121-50-0-15
LJ Cryer G 2512100003-93-73-4-1
Will Richard G 170201000-30-20-0-8
Pat Spencer G 1612120015-82-40-0-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Donovan Mitchell Starter 352573.226.8+5.714.9
Max Strus Starter 282485.723.2+24.117.3
James Harden Starter 371980.018.4+2.79.8
Jarrett Allen Starter 241652.426.2+18.516.9
Evan Mobley Starter 321250.515.6+4.313.2
Dennis Schroder Bench 201272.121.3-22.312.7
Keon Ellis Bench 22428.613.5-16.11.9
Thomas Bryant Bench 14375.06.7+14.14.8
Sam Merrill Bench 28325.012.3+16.61.9
Larry Nance Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Craig Porter Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tyrese Proctor Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Brandin Podziemski Starter 352570.922.1-14.316.9
Gui Santos Starter 312575.128.2+7.612.6
Kristaps Porzingis Starter 281654.223.6-25.88.1
Draymond Green Starter 35836.414.6+7.87.9
De'Anthony Melton Starter 26520.820.6-22.51.5
Pat Spencer Bench 161275.023.7-5.713.9
LJ Cryer Bench 251255.816.1-2.04.3
Gary Payton II Bench 27844.414.9+14.013.5
Seth Curry Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Quinten Post Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Malevy Leons Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Will Richard Bench 1700.07.0-16.3-1.3

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CLE 1 – 1 GSW
Last 12 meetings · since 2020-21 CLE 5 – 7 GSW
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Cleveland Cavaliers 48-29 W1 L10 7-3 Next game recap: vs IND · Sun, Apr 5
Golden State Warriors 36-41 L3 L10 4-6 Next game recap: vs HOU · Sun, Apr 5

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