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CLE 4-3
116 – 118
FINAL
MIL 1-6

Cleveland Cavaliers 116, Milwaukee Bucks 118 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 116, Milwaukee Bucks 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 33-33 MIL; Q2 CLE 30-29 MIL; Q3 CLE 31-31 MIL; Q4 CLE 22-25 MIL.

Top performers (box score): Jarrett Allen (CLE) 27 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Dennis Schroder (CLE) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Kevin Porter Jr. (MIL) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists on 10-of-16 shooting; Ryan Rollins (MIL) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (MIL) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE
Jarrett Allen
27 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST · 10-15 FG
Scoring · CLE
Dennis Schroder
26 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-14 FG
Scoring · MIL
Kevin Porter Jr.
20 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 10-16 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 8:26 (CLE 14, MIL 7) · 12-0 run, Q3 1:02–Q4 8:31
MIL 12 largest lead Q3 5:55 (CLE 74, MIL 86) · 13-0 run, Q2 0:29–Q3 9:29
Swings 13 lead changes Tied 13 times
Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:43 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 110, MIL 108
  • Q4 3:27 Jericho Sims makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)MIL · CLE 110, MIL 110
  • Q4 2:57 Kevin Porter Jr. makes 8-foot driving floating jump shotMIL · CLE 110, MIL 112
  • Q4 2:40 Dennis Schroder makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 111, MIL 112
  • Q4 2:40 Dennis Schroder makes free throw 2 of 2CLE · CLE 112, MIL 112
  • Q4 2:22 Ryan Rollins makes 8-foot driving floating jump shotMIL · CLE 112, MIL 114
  • Q4 1:45 Ryan Rollins makes driving layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)MIL · CLE 112, MIL 116
  • Q4 1:14 Jaylon Tyson makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 113, MIL 116
  • Q4 1:14 Jaylon Tyson makes free throw 2 of 2CLE · CLE 114, MIL 116
  • Q4 0:35 Dennis Schroder makes 8-foot two point shotCLE · CLE 116, MIL 116
  • Q4 0:20 Kevin Porter Jr. makes 15-foot fade away jump shotMIL · CLE 116, MIL 118
  • Q4 0:00 Jarrett Allen makes layupCLE · CLE 118, MIL 118

Linescore

1234 T
CLE 33303122 116
MIL 33293125 118

🧮 How They Scored

CLEMIL
54Points in the paint44
3Fast-break points9
25Second-chance points6
20Points off turnovers12
35Bench points33
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
55.2%Effective FG%65.3%
10.0%Turnover %12.6%
36.4%Offensive rebound %22.2%
0.310Free-throw rate0.057

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Dennis Schroder G 3526251038-143-67-9-5
Jaylon Tyson G-F 35141032005-161-63-3-19
Sam Merrill G 3414520036-132-80-2-2
Jarrett Allen C 322711121110-150-07-8-10
Keon Ellis G 2914432125-94-80-0+6
Craig Porter G 228290003-41-21-1+5
Dean Wade F 210440000-40-30-2+9
Thomas Bryant C 1611200004-81-52-2+8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F 92200021-40-20-0-3
Larry Nance Jr. F 70210000-00-00-0+1

Milwaukee Bucks

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G 38208551310-160-20-0+7
A.J. Green G 3815120015-105-100-0+15
Ryan Rollins G 3518390048-132-60-0+12
Jericho Sims F 29111120025-60-01-2-5
Kyle Kuzma F 2617451006-145-100-0+5
Myles Turner C-F 2415301106-93-50-1+5
Bobby Portis F 2110510004-82-40-0-4
Cam Thomas G 167120023-61-20-0-13
Ousmane Dieng F 135020011-61-62-2-12

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jarrett Allen Starter 322772.925.0-17.721.1
Dennis Schroder Starter 352672.425.0-9.113.3
Sam Merrill Starter 341450.421.8-1.24.0
Jaylon Tyson Starter 351440.420.5-29.58.0
Dean Wade Starter 2100.09.3+18.31.6
Keon Ellis Bench 291477.815.7+12.411.0
Thomas Bryant Bench 161161.926.5+29.29.2
Craig Porter Bench 22890.18.2+17.015.8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Bench 09225.027.3-23.4-2.8
Larry Nance Jr. Bench 0700.00.0+13.87.8
Evan Mobley Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tyrese Proctor Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kevin Porter Jr. Starter 382062.522.4+9.316.3
Ryan Rollins Starter 351869.222.1+19.310.3
Kyle Kuzma Starter 261760.724.6+9.813.4
Myles Turner Starter 241579.417.6+13.39.7
A.J. Green Starter 381575.013.8+22.44.7
Jericho Sims Bench 291179.913.8-6.711.9
Bobby Portis Bench 211062.517.0-6.610.4
Cam Thomas Bench 16758.322.9-35.05.8
Ousmane Dieng Bench 13536.326.7-44.40.0
Gary Harris Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Thanasis Antetokounmpo Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Gary Trent Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Andre Jackson Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Pete Nance Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CLE 2 – 1 MIL
Last 22 meetings · since 2020-21 CLE 13 – 9 MIL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Cleveland Cavaliers 37-23 L1 L10 8-2 Next game recap: @ DET · Fri, Feb 27
Milwaukee Bucks 26-31 W2 L10 8-2 Next game recap: vs NYK · Fri, Feb 27

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