NBA Final Intelligence

WAS 4-3
113 โ€“ 138
FINAL
CLE 4-3

Washington Wizards 113, Cleveland Cavaliers 138 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 113, Cleveland Cavaliers 138. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 24-40 CLE; Q2 WAS 37-36 CLE; Q3 WAS 28-32 CLE; Q4 WAS 24-30 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Sam Merrill (CLE) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 9 threes on 11-of-12 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-8 shooting; KyShawn George (WAS) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-12 shooting; Jamir Watkins (WAS) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท CLE
32 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 9 3PM ยท 11-12 FG
Scoring ยท CLE
30 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM ยท 11-19 FG
Scoring ยท CLE
21 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST ยท 8-8 FG
Season highs
Sam Merrill ยท Season-high 32 pointsSam Merrill ยท Season-high 9 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

WAS 0 largest lead Never led ยท 13-0 run, Q2 12:00โ€“Q2 9:31
CLE 27 largest lead Q4 1:51 (WAS 109, CLE 136) ยท 11-0 run, Q2 8:21โ€“Q2 6:53
Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

1234 T
WAS 24372824 113
CLE 40363230 138

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

WASCLE
40Points in the paint56
6Fast-break points10
24Second-chance points27
15Points off turnovers16
49Bench points35
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
47.1%Effective FG%63.9%
11.1%Turnover %17.5%
35.2%Offensive rebound %43.2%
0.173Free-throw rate0.446

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jamir Watkins F 2916320017-162-80-2-22
Will Riley F 294420011-120-42-2-11
KyShawn George F 2417531024-121-48-8-18
Bilal Coulibaly G 2413022105-91-42-3-18
Justin Champagnie F 2412823015-92-50-0-2
Sharife Cooper G 2411551134-93-50-0-7
Carlton Carrington G 228340034-90-30-0-15
Anthony Gill F 194421102-50-10-0-3
Tre Johnson G 1810322004-131-61-1-6
Jaden Hardy G 1511210013-73-52-2-11
Kadary Richmond G 65211102-21-10-0-6
Keshon Gilbert G 62102021-10-00-0-6

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Donovan Mitchell G 28303520511-192-76-6+11
James Harden G 28134110161-41-410-12+18
Jarrett Allen C 2721910228-80-05-6+25
Keon Ellis G 276431112-41-31-2+17
Sam Merrill G 25325111111-129-101-1+22
Jaylon Tyson G-F 227511002-60-13-4+19
Dennis Schroder G 187320111-51-24-4+5
Craig Porter G 180442110-30-10-00
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F 168502014-80-20-0-4
Thomas Bryant C 166610102-70-42-2-6
Larry Nance Jr. F 53210001-21-10-0+6
Tyrese Proctor G 53000031-21-20-0+6
Tristan Enaruna F 52100001-30-10-0+6

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
KyShawn George Starter 241754.827.3-27.510.7
Jamir Watkins Starter 291647.424.3-34.42.1
Bilal Coulibaly Starter 241363.015.2-27.59.0
Tre Johnson Starter 181037.226.5-15.04.4
Carlton Carrington Starter 22844.420.7-24.53.2
Justin Champagnie Bench 241266.714.5-5.814.2
Sharife Cooper Bench 241161.119.0-14.310.3
Jaden Hardy Bench 151169.823.7-36.711.7
Anthony Gill Bench 19440.08.9-7.16.9
Will Riley Bench 29415.517.7-18.0-2.0
Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Sam Merrill Starter 2532128.620.0+33.827.8
Donovan Mitchell Starter 283069.336.1+19.917.2
Jarrett Allen Starter 272198.718.8+36.619.9
James Harden Starter 281370.020.3+21.810.1
Jaylon Tyson Starter 22745.115.1+36.57.7
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Bench 16850.021.4-8.17.9
Dennis Schroder Bench 18751.817.4+12.57.1
Thomas Bryant Bench 16638.119.0-10.19.2
Keon Ellis Bench 27661.58.2+25.47.5
Larry Nance Jr. Bench 05375.015.4+52.227.0
Tyrese Proctor Bench 5375.038.5+52.2-10.8
Tristan Enaruna Bench 05233.323.1+52.25.4
Craig Porter Bench 1800.08.7-3.05.8

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series WAS 0 โ€“ 3 CLE
Last 21 meetings ยท since 2020-21 WAS 5 โ€“ 16 CLE
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Washington Wizards 14-39 L3 L10 4-6 Next game recap: vs IND ยท Thu, Feb 19
Cleveland Cavaliers 34-21 W5 L10 9-1 Next game recap: vs BKN ยท Thu, Feb 19

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