Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Los Angeles Lakers 127 — Recap

March 31, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Los Angeles Lakers 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 34-32 LAL; Q2 CLE 19-33 LAL; Q3 CLE 30-45 LAL; Q4 CLE 30-17 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 42 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Deandre Ayton (LAL) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-13 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-11 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 17 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

42 PTS, 5 REB, 12 AST, 6 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

19 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 6-16 FG

Scoring · LAL

Deandre Ayton

18 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST · 8-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CLE 7 largest lead Q1 3:10 (CLE 26, LAL 19) · 7-0 run, Q4 10:03–Q4 9:13

LAL 27 largest lead Q3 0:03 (CLE 83, LAL 110) · 8-0 run, Q3 1:25–Q3 0:03

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Jake LaRavia makes running layup (LeBron James assists) (Q2 9:34, CLE 36, LAL 38).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	34	19	30	30		113
LAL	32	33	45	17		127

🧮 How They Scored

CLELAL

56Points in the paint54

11Fast-break points16

12Second-chance points14

12Points off turnovers17

51Bench points20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.9%Effective FG%62.0%

12.8%Turnover %9.6%

27.5%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.218Free-throw rate0.313

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	28	17	0	3	0	0	3	6-13	2-5	3-5	-19
Thomas Bryant C	25	14	6	0	0	1	0	5-7	3-4	1-2	+5
Donovan Mitchell G	24	10	3	6	0	0	2	4-10	0-3	2-2	-24
Max Strus G	23	11	3	1	0	0	0	4-8	3-7	0-0	-10
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	22	9	3	1	0	0	1	4-9	1-5	0-0	-2
Evan Mobley F-C	21	6	4	4	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	2-2	-18
Jarrett Allen C	19	18	4	2	1	0	1	9-11	0-0	0-2	-7
Dennis Schroder G	19	9	3	3	1	1	3	3-7	1-2	2-2	-14
Keon Ellis G	19	7	2	0	1	0	1	2-6	1-4	2-2	-11
Craig Porter G	16	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	+4
Tyrese Proctor G	12	10	2	4	0	0	0	3-5	2-3	2-2	+13
Larry Nance Jr. F	12	2	4	1	2	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+13

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jake LaRavia F	38	14	7	0	1	0	1	5-5	2-2	2-2	+23
Austin Reaves G	37	19	6	4	2	1	5	6-16	2-9	5-5	+4
Luka Doncic F-G	34	42	5	12	2	0	0	13-26	6-13	10-10	+21
LeBron James F	31	14	5	6	1	1	3	4-8	1-3	5-6	+4
Deandre Ayton C	28	18	9	1	1	1	0	8-13	0-0	2-3	+10
Luke Kennard G	23	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Rui Hachimura F	19	14	1	0	0	1	0	6-8	2-3	0-0	+10
Jaxson Hayes C	19	4	3	1	2	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+9
Bronny James G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Kobe Bufkin G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Dalton Knecht F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Drew Timme F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Adou Thiero G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jarrett Allen	Starter	19	18	75.8	31.0	-18.4	18.2
James Harden	Starter	28	17	55.9	29.5	-28.5	5.2
Max Strus	Starter	23	11	68.8	15.4	-20.8	5.7
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	24	10	46.0	22.4	-43.4	8.3
Evan Mobley	Starter	21	6	61.5	12.8	-34.8	8.8
Thomas Bryant	Bench	25	14	88.8	13.3	+10.0	13.4
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	12	10	85.0	20.7	+59.1	33.3
Dennis Schroder	Bench	19	9	57.1	24.4	-34.1	7.8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	22	9	50.0	18.2	-4.4	2.3
Keon Ellis	Bench	19	7	50.9	17.4	-29.8	3.3
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	12	2	25.0	13.8	+59.1	14.1
Craig Porter	Bench	16	0	0.0	13.5	+13.3	-6.3

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	34	42	69.1	39.2	+31.2	23.8
Austin Reaves	Starter	37	19	52.2	25.8	+3.7	8.6
Deandre Ayton	Starter	28	18	62.8	20.9	+13.3	15.6
LeBron James	Starter	31	14	65.8	18.9	+2.5	12.0
Jake LaRavia	Starter	38	14	119.0	8.0	+29.9	11.3
Rui Hachimura	Bench	19	14	87.5	19.0	+28.6	12.5
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	19	4	50.0	9.1	+25.2	8.9
Luke Kennard	Bench	23	2	50.0	5.7	+11.2	0.0
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	01	0	0.0	50.0	-250.0	-28.6
Dalton Knecht	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-250.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	07	0	0.0	0.0	+35.7	-7.8
Drew Timme	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-250.0	0.0
Adou Thiero	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-250.0	-28.6