Washington Wizards 117, Cleveland Cavaliers 130 — Recap

April 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 117, Cleveland Cavaliers 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 21-43 CLE; Q2 WAS 34-22 CLE; Q3 WAS 40-34 CLE; Q4 WAS 22-31 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Nae'Qwan Tomlin (CLE) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jamir Watkins (WAS) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Tyrese Proctor (CLE) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Sharife Cooper (WAS) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Carlton Carrington (WAS) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Nae'Qwan Tomlin

26 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · WAS

Jamir Watkins

24 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · CLE

Tyrese Proctor

22 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Season-high 26 pointsJamir Watkins · Season-high 24 pointsTyrese Proctor · Season-high 22 pointsTyrese Proctor · Season-high 11 reboundsTyrese Proctor · Season-high 8 assistsJamir Watkins · Season-high 5 threesNae'Qwan Tomlin · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

WAS 0 largest lead Never led · 16-0 run, Q2 1:37–Q3 10:54

CLE 25 largest lead Q1 0:54 (WAS 18, CLE 43) · 11-0 run, Q3 8:24–Q3 5:43

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
WAS	21	34	40	22		117
CLE	43	22	34	31		130

🧮 How They Scored

WASCLE

24Points in the paint42

19Fast-break points13

4Second-chance points21

22Points off turnovers11

40Bench points49

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%63.3%

10.9%Turnover %15.8%

17.9%Offensive rebound %39.5%

0.211Free-throw rate0.217

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	38	20	2	9	2	1	3	7-18	4-6	2-3	-3
Jamir Watkins F	34	24	4	3	0	1	1	7-13	5-9	5-6	-10
Will Riley F	34	6	5	4	0	0	2	2-11	0-3	2-2	-8
Justin Champagnie F	32	13	6	3	3	0	2	5-14	3-10	0-0	-6
Anthony Gill F	30	14	6	0	1	0	1	6-7	2-3	0-0	-10
Sharife Cooper G	28	20	2	6	0	0	3	8-11	2-4	2-2	-13
Julian Reese F	18	14	3	0	3	0	0	5-7	0-0	4-4	-3
Jaden Hardy G	16	6	1	3	0	0	0	2-6	2-4	0-2	-9
Leaky Black F	10	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-3

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	36	26	8	5	0	0	1	9-16	4-8	4-4	+3
Tyrese Proctor G	35	22	11	8	1	0	7	9-16	4-8	0-0	+10
Tristan Enaruna F	28	15	3	3	3	0	1	4-6	2-3	5-6	+8
Craig Porter G	28	7	7	4	0	1	2	3-5	1-1	0-0	+11
Jaylon Tyson G-F	26	18	6	3	1	0	4	6-16	3-7	3-4	-3
Riley Minix F	25	12	1	1	1	1	1	5-9	1-5	1-1	+16
Larry Nance Jr. F	20	10	6	3	0	1	0	4-6	1-3	1-2	-5
Max Strus G	18	10	5	2	0	0	1	4-9	1-6	1-1	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamir Watkins	Starter	34	24	76.7	21.5	-11.9	13.1
Carlton Carrington	Starter	38	20	51.8	24.7	-2.2	8.6
Anthony Gill	Starter	30	14	100.0	11.8	-13.9	12.0
Justin Champagnie	Starter	32	13	46.4	21.9	-9.0	5.1
Will Riley	Starter	34	6	25.3	17.5	-6.3	1.3
Sharife Cooper	Bench	28	20	84.2	22.7	-18.2	13.3
Jaden Hardy	Bench	16	6	43.6	17.1	-19.0	-1.4
Cam Whitmore	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	00	0	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
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Starter	36	26	73.2	21.1	+5.7	14.9
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	26	18	50.7	31.9	-5.3	8.8
Larry Nance Jr.	Starter	20	10	72.7	13.5	-11.6	14.3
Max Strus	Starter	18	10	53.0	21.7	+18.4	10.8
Craig Porter	Starter	28	7	70.0	10.1	+25.1	6.9
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	35	22	68.8	26.4	+10.3	16.9
Tristan Enaruna	Bench	28	15	86.8	14.1	+9.4	12.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Ellis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0