Game ID: 42300134
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Orlando Magic
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
Kia Center, Orlando, FL
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ORL 22 29 37 24 112CLE 23 37 10 19 89
CLE @ ORL ScoutingCLE @ ORL Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
ORL availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restBACK F. Wagner back 4/12 after 2, 35 min since (107% of 33)
BACK Black back 4/07 after 3, 8 min since (51% of 16)
BACK Bitadze back 4/07 after 3, 5 min since (34% of 15)
BACK Houstan back 4/09 after 4, 10 min since (71% of 13)
BACK Queen back 4/09 after 23, 2 min since (14% of 12)
NEW Gar. Harris 24 to 31 min over the last 4
ORL availability going into 4/20 · 5 days' restBACK F. Wagner back 4/12 after 2, 34 min since (103% of 33)
BACK Black back 4/07 after 3, 8 min since (46% of 16)
BACK Bitadze back 4/07 after 3, 5 min since (32% of 15)
BACK Houstan back 4/09 after 4, 8 min since (60% of 13)
BACK Queen back 4/09 after 23, 2 min since (14% of 12)
NEW Gar. Harris 24 to 31 min over the last 4
ORL availability going into 4/22 · 1 day's restBACK F. Wagner back 4/12 after 2, 35 min since (107% of 33)
BACK Houstan back 4/09 after 4, 8 min since (60% of 13)
BACK Queen back 4/09 after 23, 2 min since (14% of 12)
NEW Gar. Harris 24 to 31 min over the last 4
NEW Isaac 16 to 23 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/25 · 2 days' restOUT Black missed 2 since 4/20, returns tonight: 7 min (40% of 16)
OUT Bitadze missed 2 since 4/20, returns tonight: 6 min (37% of 15)
BACK F. Wagner back 4/12 after 2, 36 min since (109% of 33)
NEW Gar. Harris 24 to 32 min over the last 4
NEW Isaac 16 to 23 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/27 · 1 day's restBACK F. Wagner back 4/12 after 2, 35 min since (105% of 33)
BACK Black back 4/25 after 2, 7 min since (40% of 16)
BACK Bitadze back 4/25 after 2, 6 min since (37% of 15)
NEW Gar. Harris 24 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Isaac 16 to 23 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/30 · 2 days' restBACK Black back 4/25 after 2, 5 min since (33% of 16)
BACK Bitadze back 4/25 after 2, 5 min since (32% of 15)
NEW Isaac 16 to 22 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 5/03 · 2 days' restBACK Black back 4/25 after 2, 5 min since (33% of 16)
BACK Bitadze back 4/25 after 2, 5 min since (32% of 15)
ORL availability going into 5/05 · 1 day's restOUT Black missed 2 since 4/30, out tonight
OUT Bitadze missed 2 since 4/30, out tonight
OUT Houstan missed 2 since 4/30, out tonight
CLE availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restOUT Wade missed 18 since 3/10, out tonight
OUT Merrill missed 2 since 4/10, out tonight
OUT Morris Sr. missed 2 since 4/10, returns tonight: 19 min (125% of 15)
OUT Thompson missed 3 since 4/07, returns tonight: 12 min (110% of 11)
BACK Okoro back 4/07 after 4, 26 min since (97% of 26)
BACK Porter Jr. back 4/06 after 4, 2 min since (13% of 13)
CLE availability going into 4/20 · 5 days' restOUT Wade missed 19 since 3/10, out tonight
OUT Merrill missed 3 since 4/10, returns tonight: 4 min (25% of 17)
BACK Okoro back 4/07 after 4, 27 min since (100% of 26)
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/14 after 2, 19 min since (125% of 15)
BACK Porter Jr. back 4/06 after 4, 4 min since (34% of 13)
BACK Thompson back 4/14 after 3, 12 min since (110% of 11)
CLE availability going into 4/22 · 1 day's restOUT Wade missed 20 since 3/10, out tonight
BACK Okoro back 4/07 after 4, 25 min since (94% of 26)
BACK Merrill back 4/20 after 3, 4 min since (25% of 17)
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/14 after 2, 19 min since (125% of 15)
BACK Thompson back 4/14 after 3, 12 min since (110% of 11)
CLE availability going into 4/25 · 2 days' restOUT Wade missed 21 since 3/10, out tonight
OUT Morris Sr. missed 2 since 4/20, returns tonight: 10 min (63% of 15)
OUT Thompson missed 2 since 4/20, returns tonight: 10 min (94% of 11)
BACK Merrill back 4/20 after 3, 4 min since (25% of 17)
CLE availability going into 4/27 · 1 day's restOUT Wade missed 22 since 3/10, out tonight
BACK Merrill back 4/20 after 3, 13 min since (77% of 17)
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/14 after 2, 14 min since (94% of 15)
BACK Thompson back 4/14 after 3, 11 min since (102% of 11)
CLE availability going into 4/30 · 2 days' restOUT Wade missed 23 since 3/10, out tonight
BACK Merrill back 4/20 after 3, 10 min since (62% of 17)
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/14 after 2, 11 min since (75% of 15)
BACK Thompson back 4/14 after 3, 9 min since (86% of 11)
CLE availability going into 5/03 · 2 days' restOUT Wade missed 24 since 3/10, out tonight
BACK Merrill back 4/20 after 3, 9 min since (55% of 17)
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/25 after 2, 14 min since (90% of 15)
BACK Thompson back 4/25 after 2, 8 min since (76% of 11)
CLE availability going into 5/05 · 1 day's restOUT Allen missed 2 since 4/30, out tonight
OUT Wade missed 25 since 3/10, out tonight
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/25 after 2, 17 min since (112% of 15)
BACK Thompson back 4/25 after 2, 9 min since (85% of 11)
CLE availability going into 5/07 · 1 day's restOUT Allen missed 3 since 4/30, out tonight
OUT Wade missed 26 since 3/10, out tonight
BACK Morris Sr. back 4/25 after 2, 15 min since (99% of 15)
BACK Thompson back 4/25 after 2, 9 min since (81% of 11)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 98, shooting 43 percent and 29 from three, 23 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and F. Wagner at 20 a game. One day's rest. Cleveland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 106, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Mitchell at 25 and Allen at 18 a game. Without Wade (22 straight). One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the defense, Orlando allowing 98 a night to Cleveland's 106 and the arc, Cleveland at 34 percent from three to Orlando's 29. Call it Orlando 108, Cleveland 104, Cleveland keeping it close.
4/14 vs MIL 113-88 — ORL notes
ORL won 113-88. ORL shot 49% (42 of 85) to MIL's 40%, 11 of 35 from three. ORL turned it over 11 times to MIL's 17. Banchero led with 26 (8 of 19, 2 of 6 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); F. Wagner added 25, Anthony 13. The hinge was Q4, 33-17: a lead of 9 became 25, and the lead reached 30. Carter Jr. was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
4/20 @ CLE 83-97 — ORL notes
ORL lost 83-97. ORL shot 33% (28 of 86) to CLE's 44%, 8 of 37 from three, and went to the line 30 times to CLE's 21 — 19 points from the stripe to their 17. ORL turned it over 12 times to CLE's 17. The glass went 40-54 against them. Banchero led with 24 (9 of 17, 2 of 7 from three, 4 of 8 at the line); F. Wagner added 18, Suggs 13. Q4 was theirs, 25-24, the deficit cut from 15 to 14, but the other 3 periods went 73-58 against them. Suggs's -13 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/22 @ CLE 86-96 — ORL notes
ORL lost 86-96. ORL shot 36% (29 of 80) to CLE's 41%, 9 of 35 from three. Banchero led with 21 (9 of 20, 1 of 4 from three); F. Wagner added 18, Harris 14. Q4 was theirs, 21-16, the deficit cut from 15 to 10, but the other 3 periods went 80-65 against them. Ingles's -14 in 14 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/25 vs CLE 121-83 — ORL notes
ORL won 121-83. ORL shot 51% (47 of 92) to CLE's 39%, 13 of 37 from three. ORL turned it over 8 times to CLE's 14. The glass went 51-32 for them. Banchero led with 31 (13 of 26, 4 of 9 from three); Suggs added 24, F. Wagner 16. The hinge was Q3, 35-16: a lead of 16 became 35, and the lead reached 43. F. Wagner was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
4/27 vs CLE 112-89 — ORL notes
ORL won 112-89. ORL shot 56% (43 of 77) to CLE's 47%, 12 of 26 from three. The glass went 43-29 for them. F. Wagner led with 34 (13 of 17, 2 of 3 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Isaac added 14, Suggs 12. The hinge was Q3, 37-10: ORL came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 18, and the lead reached 30. ORL trailed 51-60 at the half and won the second half 61-29. F. Wagner was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
4/30 @ CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 95 a night and allowing 104, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 18 free throws a game; Mitchell at 21 and Allen at 16 a game. Without Wade (23 straight). 2 days' rest. Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 91, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 22 free throws a game; Banchero at 22 and F. Wagner at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 4 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Orlando wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Orlando allowing 91 a night to Cleveland's 104 and the glass, where Orlando has been plus-4 a night and Cleveland minus-3. Call it Orlando 106, Cleveland 102, Cleveland keeping it close.
5/03 vs CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 94, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 24 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and F. Wagner at 20 a game. 2 days' rest. Cleveland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 94 a night and allowing 101, shooting 43 percent and 29 from three, 20 free throws a game; Mitchell at 22 and Allen at 17 a game. Without Wade (24 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Orlando has been plus-3 a night and Cleveland minus-3 and the defense, Orlando allowing 94 a night to Cleveland's 101. Call it Orlando 107, Cleveland 100.
5/05 @ CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 94 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 28 from three, 18 free throws a game; Mitchell at 26 and Allen at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Allen (2 straight), Wade (25 straight). One day's rest. Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 94, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 23 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and F. Wagner at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Black (2 straight), Bitadze (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Orlando has been plus-8 a night and Cleveland minus-8 and the defense, Orlando allowing 94 a night to Cleveland's 105. Call it Orlando 106, Cleveland 103, Cleveland keeping it close.
4/14 vs CHA 110-120 — CLE notes
CLE lost 110-120. CLE shot 47% (44 of 93) to CHA's 51%, 16 of 33 from three. CLE turned it over 14 times to CHA's 9, and CHA turned those into 10 steals. Niang led with 16 (6 of 9, 4 of 7 from three); Strus added 14, E. Mobley 14. Q1 was theirs, 33-24, but the other 3 periods went 96-77 against them. They led by as many as 13. Bates's -22 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/20 vs ORL 97-83 — CLE notes
CLE won 97-83. CLE shot 44% (36 of 81) to ORL's 33%, 8 of 30 from three, and got to the line 21 times to ORL's 30. CLE turned it over 17 times to ORL's 12, and ORL turned those into 12 steals. The glass went 54-40 for them. Mitchell led with 30 (11 of 21, 3 of 8 from three); Mobley added 16, Allen 16. The hinge was Q1, 33-26: from level to 7 ahead, and the lead reached 20. Strus was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
4/22 vs ORL 96-86 — CLE notes
CLE won 96-86. CLE shot 41% (34 of 82) to ORL's 36%, 12 of 39 from three. Mitchell led with 23 (9 of 22, 2 of 10 from three); Mobley added 17, Allen 16. The hinge was Q1, 30-18: from level to 12 ahead, and the lead reached 22. Allen was the night's best plus/minus at +12.
4/25 @ ORL 83-121 — CLE notes
CLE lost 83-121. CLE shot 39% (32 of 82) to ORL's 51%, 8 of 34 from three. CLE turned it over 14 times to ORL's 8. The glass went 32-51 against them. LeVert led with 15 (5 of 13, 1 of 5 from three); Allen added 15, Mitchell 13. Q4 was theirs, 22-25, but the other 3 periods went 96-61 against them. LeVert's -29 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/27 @ ORL 89-112 — CLE notes
CLE lost 89-112. CLE shot 47% (34 of 72) to ORL's 56%, 4 of 17 from three. The glass went 29-43 against them. Allen led with 21 (8 of 11, 5 of 7 at the line); Mitchell added 18, Garland 14. Q2 was theirs, 37-29, but the other 3 periods went 83-52 against them. They led by as many as 10. Garland's -27 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/30 vs ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 95 a night and allowing 104, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 18 free throws a game; Mitchell at 21 and Allen at 16 a game. Without Wade (23 straight). 2 days' rest. Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 91, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 22 free throws a game; Banchero at 22 and F. Wagner at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 4 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Orlando wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Orlando allowing 91 a night to Cleveland's 104 and the glass, where Orlando has been plus-4 a night and Cleveland minus-3. Call it Orlando 106, Cleveland 102, Cleveland keeping it close.
5/03 @ ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 94, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 24 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and F. Wagner at 20 a game. 2 days' rest. Cleveland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 94 a night and allowing 101, shooting 43 percent and 29 from three, 20 free throws a game; Mitchell at 22 and Allen at 17 a game. Without Wade (24 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Orlando has been plus-3 a night and Cleveland minus-3 and the defense, Orlando allowing 94 a night to Cleveland's 101. Call it Orlando 107, Cleveland 100.
5/05 vs ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 94 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 28 from three, 18 free throws a game; Mitchell at 26 and Allen at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Allen (2 straight), Wade (25 straight). One day's rest. Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 94, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 23 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and F. Wagner at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Black (2 straight), Bitadze (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Orlando has been plus-8 a night and Cleveland minus-8 and the defense, Orlando allowing 94 a night to Cleveland's 105. Call it Orlando 106, Cleveland 103, Cleveland keeping it close.
5/07 @ BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 92, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 23 and White at 22 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 9 a night. 5 days' rest. Cleveland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 96 a night and allowing 107, shooting 44 percent and 29 from three, 20 free throws a game; Mitchell at 30 and Garland at 15 a game. It has lost the glass by 10 a night. Without Allen (3 straight), Wade (26 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-9 a night and Cleveland minus-10 and the arc, Boston at 38 percent from three to Cleveland's 29. Call it Boston 112, Cleveland 101, Boston by 11.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECL C. LeVert
DG D. Garland
DM D. Mitchell
EM E. Mobley
GN G. Niang
IO I. Okoro
JA J. Allen
MM M. Morris Sr.
MS M. Strus
SM S. Merrill
TT T. Thompson
ORLAB A. Black
BI Bitadze
CA C. Anthony
CH C. Houstan
CO C. Okeke
FW F. Wagner
GH G. Harris
JH J. Howard
JI J. Ingles
JI J. Isaac
JS J. Suggs
MF M. Fultz
MW M. Wagner
PB P. Banchero
WC W. Carter Jr.
CLE/ORL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Franz Wagner scores 34, leads Magic to second straight rout of Cavaliers to tie series at 2-2
ORLANDO, Fla. -- — By the time Franz Wagner finished outscoring Cleveland by himself in the third quarter, what had been a competitive game turned into another rout in this series between the Orlando Magic and Cavaliers.
Wagner had 34 points and 13 rebounds, and the Magic held the Cavaliers scoreless for a second-half stretch of almost seven minutes, cruising to a 112-89 victory Saturday that tied the Eastern Conference first-round series at 2-2.
After putting up 60 points in the first half, Cleveland was outscored 37-10 in the third quarter and managed only 29 points in the second half.
Asked if he had ever seen a more dominant defensive quarter, Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said: “I'd have to look that one up.”
Wagner had 10 points in the first five minutes of the third quarter and finished with 12 in the period, when the Cavaliers missed 14 of their 18 shots.
"Once we came back from that nine-point deficit starting the third, and they took that timeout, I felt like OK, the momentum is swinging in our direction," Magic big man Jonathan Isaac said.
It never swung back.
Game 4 of the series will be Tuesday night in Cleveland, where the No. 4-seeded Cavaliers won the first two by double digits before getting blown out twice in Florida.
“They held home court just like we did,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “Now we get an opportunity to go home and play a best-of-three series with two games in Cleveland. We’ve got areas where we can change some things, fix some things, but I know our guys will be ready to go on Tuesday night.”
Isaac (14 points, seven rebounds, two blocks) and Markelle Fultz (12 points, four rebounds) gave the Magic major help off the bench. Paolo Banchero , who had 35 points in Orlando's 121-83 win in Game 3 on Thursday night, finished with nine points and five assists in his first single-digit scoring game since Nov. 29.
Jarrett Allen had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Cavaliers. Donovan Mitchell had 18 points, all in the first half.
“Ten points (in a quarter) is outrageous,” Donovan said. “We have to be better. I have to be better. I’m disappointed in myself, so it’s on me. You can’t have 18 points in the first half and zero in the second, and only four shots.”
Including the games in this series, the Magic have won six straight at home while losing six straight on the road.
“We’re not satisfied at all,” Wagner said. “We just got two wins. We need two more against them so we’ve got to stay locked in and try to get the next one in Cleveland.”
Wagner opened the second half by converting a Cleveland turnover into a layup and hitting a jump shot from the free throw line. He added a 3-pointer and a three-point play on a five-minute, 17-6 run that put Orlando up 68-67.
“Obviously he’s incredible,” said Wagner's brother Mo, who contributed seven points and four rebounds. "His awareness, his control of the game is just great. He started off the game distributing the ball and let the game come to him.
“I’ve got to drive home with him so I want to keep it in check. I don’t want to exaggerate here, but that was one of the best games I’ve seen him play.”
The Magic finished the quarter with 14 straight points, and three straight baskets by Franz Wagner stretched their lead to 24 early in the fourth quarter.
Max Strus ' 3-pointer with 5:26 left in the third quarter accounted for the Cavs' final points of the period. They did not score again until Caris LeVert 's jumper with 10:40 left in the fourth.
“They protected home court and we’ve got to do the same thing. It’s as simple as that,” said Mitchell, whose big finish to the first half put the Cavaliers up 60-51.
The game included several minor skirmishes, including a Jalen Suggs - Darius Garland face-to-face confrontation and a fourth-quarter flagrant foul on Strus for holding up Cole Anthony on a dunk attempt.