Dallas Mavericks 101, Cleveland Cavaliers 144 — Recap

February 2, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 101, Cleveland Cavaliers 144. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 19-50 CLE; Q2 DAL 27-41 CLE; Q3 DAL 29-28 CLE; Q4 DAL 26-25 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Sam Merrill (CLE) 27 points, 1 rebounds, null assists, 9 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Jaden Hardy (DAL) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 14 points, 9 rebounds, null assists on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Sam Merrill

27 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 9 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · CLE

Evan Mobley

22 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-12 FG

Scoring · DAL

Jaden Hardy

21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Sam Merrill · Season-high 27 pointsSam Merrill · Season-high 9 threes

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	19	27	29	26		101
CLE	50	41	28	25		144

🧮 How They Scored

DALCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

39.0%Effective FG%73.3%

7.2%Turnover %7.7%

13.0%Offensive rebound %9.1%

0.128Free-throw rate0.156

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Olivier-Maxence Prosper F	31	10	6	4	2	—	1	4-15	0-6	2-2	-25
Jaden Hardy G	27	21	3	2	—	—	2	8-19	3-12	2-2	-15
Quentin Grimes G	24	11	3	3	—	1	—	5-14	1-7	0-1	-26
Naji Marshall F	22	12	6	2	—	—	1	5-10	0-1	2-2	-19
Dante Exum G	21	14	2	3	2	—	1	5-14	1-3	3-4	-35
Brandon Williams G	18	6	1	1	1	—	1	2-4	2-3	—	-12
Klay Thompson G	18	2	5	3	—	—	1	1-10	0-6	—	-24

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ty Jerome G	27	12	3	5	3	—	2	5-12	2-4	—	+12
Evan Mobley F-C	24	22	11	3	—	4	—	8-12	2-3	4-5	+47
Donovan Mitchell G	24	12	6	6	—	—	2	4-9	2-5	2-2	+47
Sam Merrill G	23	27	1	—	—	—	1	9-14	9-13	—	+1
Darius Garland G	23	17	3	10	2	—	2	6-8	3-4	2-2	+32
Caris LeVert G	23	10	—	5	1	—	—	4-8	2-4	—	+26
Georges Niang F	22	13	2	1	—	1	1	5-7	3-5	—	+7
Jarrett Allen C	20	14	9	—	—	2	—	6-8	0-1	2-2	+22
Max Strus G	19	9	3	4	1	1	—	3-5	2-4	1-2	+29
Jaylon Tyson G-F	18	8	4	2	—	—	—	3-7	1-1	1-1	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaden Hardy	Bench	27	21	52.8	34.4	-27.6	7.7
Dante Exum	Bench	21	14	44.4	31.5	-72.9	7.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	22	12	55.1	21.1	-46.9	10.3
Quentin Grimes	Bench	24	11	38.1	22.2	-54.6	4.8
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Bench	31	10	31.5	20.7	-39.4	6.0
Brandon Williams	Bench	18	6	75.0	10.6	-32.3	6.9
Klay Thompson	Bench	18	2	10.0	25.6	-58.5	-3.6
Daniel Gafford	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
P.J. Washington	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	27	96.4	29.4	+4.4	19.7
Evan Mobley	Bench	24	22	77.5	25.5	+86.7	23.8
Darius Garland	Bench	23	17	95.7	20.8	+62.1	17.5
Jarrett Allen	Bench	20	14	78.8	20.0	+53.1	16.9
Georges Niang	Bench	22	13	92.9	16.0	+21.0	10.4
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	24	12	60.7	21.8	+86.7	11.5
Ty Jerome	Bench	27	12	50.0	23.3	+26.1	9.2
Caris LeVert	Bench	23	10	62.5	15.7	+57.8	8.6
Max Strus	Bench	19	9	76.5	13.3	+66.2	11.8
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	18	8	53.8	17.1	-5.1	9.9