NBA Final Intelligence

CLE 4-3
132 โ€“ 126
FINAL
SAC 1-6

Cleveland Cavaliers 132, Sacramento Kings 126 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 132, Sacramento Kings 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 25-31 SAC; Q2 CLE 32-24 SAC; Q3 CLE 36-41 SAC; Q4 CLE 39-30 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 35 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Nique Clifford (SAC) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 29 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists on 11-of-12 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Russell Westbrook (SAC) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท CLE
35 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM ยท 13-24 FG
Scoring ยท SAC
30 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM ยท 12-19 FG
Scoring ยท CLE
29 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST ยท 11-12 FG
Season highs
Nique Clifford ยท Season-high 30 pointsNique Clifford ยท Season-high 5 threes

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 9 largest lead Q2 5:18 (CLE 48, SAC 39) ยท 11-0 run, Q3 4:41โ€“Q3 2:37
SAC 11 largest lead Q1 3:41 (CLE 13, SAC 24) ยท 10-0 run, Q4 5:07โ€“Q4 3:56
Swings 17 lead changes Tied 11 times

Ahead for good: Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q4 0:35, CLE 127, SAC 126).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:43 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2CLE ยท CLE 116, SAC 121
  • Q4 3:10 James Harden makes 26-foot three pointer (Keon Ellis assists)CLE ยท CLE 119, SAC 121
  • Q4 2:39 James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)CLE ยท CLE 122, SAC 121
  • Q4 2:24 Nique Clifford makes 5-foot two point shotSAC ยท CLE 122, SAC 123
  • Q4 2:12 Donovan Mitchell makes 5-foot driving floating jump shotCLE ยท CLE 124, SAC 123
  • Q4 1:46 Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2CLE ยท CLE 125, SAC 123
  • Q4 1:46 Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2CLE ยท CLE 126, SAC 123
  • Q4 0:42 DeMar DeRozan makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)SAC ยท CLE 126, SAC 126
  • Q4 0:35 Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2CLE ยท CLE 127, SAC 126
  • Q4 0:35 Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2CLE ยท CLE 128, SAC 126
  • Q4 0:21 James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2CLE ยท CLE 129, SAC 126
  • Q4 0:21 James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2CLE ยท CLE 130, SAC 126

Linescore

1234 T
CLE 25323639 132
SAC 31244130 126

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

CLESAC
62Points in the paint54
12Fast-break points16
16Second-chance points27
17Points off turnovers14
33Bench points32
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
58.5%Effective FG%59.6%
9.7%Turnover %12.7%
25.0%Offensive rebound %34.1%
0.364Free-throw rate0.213

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Donovan Mitchell G 35352422313-242-87-7+12
Jarrett Allen C 332910100111-120-07-8-18
James Harden G 3223281037-135-84-4-14
Jaylon Tyson G-F 2710600033-80-14-4-27
Sam Merrill G 242120010-60-52-2-8
Craig Porter G 234342001-30-12-4+3
Dennis Schroder G 177340003-90-41-1+22
Keon Ellis G 176333102-42-40-0+20
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F 176520003-40-00-0+16
Thomas Bryant C 1510321003-52-42-2+24

Sacramento Kings

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Nique Clifford G 40304422212-195-91-2+5
Daeqwon Plowden G-F 3916641026-112-72-2+7
Russell Westbrook G 3221590078-145-100-2-6
DeMar DeRozan G 3013230104-162-43-3-8
Devin Carter G 2718441116-132-54-5-4
Dylan Cardwell C 25121141116-90-00-0-7
Maxime Raynaud C 2314702025-80-04-4+1
Precious Achiuwa F 162222001-30-10-2-7
Doug McDermott F 80100000-10-10-0-11

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Donovan Mitchell Starter 353564.634.5+14.114.1
Jarrett Allen Starter 332993.421.0-25.421.4
James Harden Starter 322377.921.7-21.614.2
Jaylon Tyson Starter 271051.219.1-48.33.8
Sam Merrill Starter 24214.512.7-19.7-3.2
Thomas Bryant Bench 151085.015.8+70.216.6
Dennis Schroder Bench 17737.121.4+54.47.9
Keon Ellis Bench 17675.09.3+48.714.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Bench 17675.010.8+52.610.5
Craig Porter Bench 23442.09.1+9.06.4
Larry Nance Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tyrese Proctor Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tristan Enaruna Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Nique Clifford Starter 403075.522.2+8.913.3
Russell Westbrook Starter 322170.627.2-8.59.9
Daeqwon Plowden Starter 391667.314.4+11.26.4
Maxime Raynaud Starter 231471.722.6+4.512.5
DeMar DeRozan Starter 301337.523.0-14.43.3
Devin Carter Bench 271859.224.2-2.811.6
Dylan Cardwell Bench 251266.715.2-6.315.7
Precious Achiuwa Bench 16225.810.3-21.22.8
Drew Eubanks Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Doug McDermott Bench 0800.05.0-53.2-2.4
Domantas Sabonis Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CLE 2 โ€“ 0 SAC
Last 12 meetings ยท since 2020-21 CLE 5 โ€“ 7 SAC
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Cleveland Cavaliers 32-21 W3 L10 8-2 Next game recap: @ DEN ยท Mon, Feb 9
Sacramento Kings 12-42 L12 L10 0-10 Next game recap: @ NOP ยท Mon, Feb 9

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