Cleveland Cavaliers @ Washington Wizards
Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC | Game ID: 22300820
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
WAS 31 23 26 25 105CLE 27 28 32 27 114
WASHINGTON -- — Jarrett Allen had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Caris LeVert added 18 points and 12 boards, and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided their first three-game skid since December with a 114-105 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night.
Evan Mobley added 21 points and Donovan Mitchell had 16 points in his return after missing the first two games following the All-Star break with an illness.
“I thought we defended well when we needed to,” Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “We just need to be better. I don’t think we played to our standard tonight. I expected more fire from our group after losing two games in a row and having the opportunity to play another one."
Darius Garland scored eight of his 15 points during a late 22-4 run to help Cleveland secure a season sweep of Washington. Garland, who came in shooting a career-worst 33.9% beyond the arc, hit a pair of critical 3-pointers.
“It's huge for him. He needed to see a few go in,” Bickerstaff said. “It was good for him to find his mark, especially late when the pressure was on.”
The Cavs are second in the Eastern Conference, one game ahead of Milwaukee.
Jordan Poole scored a season-high 31 points and Kyle Kuzma added 27 for the Wizards, who extended their season-worst losing streak to 11 games and fell to 2-12 under interim coach Brian Keefe.
Wizards starter Bilal Coulibaly , the seventh overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, played only six minutes and left with a bruised right pelvis following an awkward fall on an attempted first-quarter dunk. Corey Kispert sat out with an illness.
“Credit to our guys to keep battling and showing the resilience that we want to see out of them,” Keefe said. “I thought Jordan and Kyle were really stepping up, pushing us.”
After Poole scored 11 points — and hit three 3-pointers — during a 14-0 run that gave the Wizards a 94-88 lead, the Cavs responded with their decisive run.
Garland made two 3s to pull the game even, Mitchell hit a 3 from LeVert's feed to put Cleveland in front for good, and by the time Mobley hit a putback and Garland followed with a layup, Cleveland had built a 110-98 advantage.
Mitchell was unhappy the run was even needed against the NBA's second-worst team.
“We’ve got a lot of things we’ve got to clean up, especially the past three games,” Mitchell said. “The way we started this game was terrible, to be honest with you. And that’s on us (starting) five.”
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaMiMoSt 6 12 -4 5 7 71 0 1 0 2 4 50 1 3 4 4 0 1 4 2
CLE Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, Strus
in Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, Strus
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlLeMiStWa 2 2 -6 1 4 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE Allen, LeVert, Mitchell, Strus, Wade
in LeVert, Wade
out Garland, Mobley
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlLeMiOkWa 2 5 +1 2 3 67 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
CLE Allen, LeVert, Mitchell, Okoro, Wade
in Okoro
out Strus
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GaLeMoNiOk 3 8 +5 2 5 40 1 2 50 1 2 50 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0
CLE Garland, LeVert, Mobley, Niang, Okoro
in Garland, Mobley, Niang
out Allen, Mitchell, Wade
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GaLeMoNiOk 4 5 -4 2 5 40 0 2 0 1 2 50 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 1
CLE Garland, LeVert, Mobley, Niang, Okoro
in ---
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMeMiNiOk 3 10 +8 4 7 57 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
CLE Allen, Merrill, Mitchell, Niang, Okoro
in Allen, Merrill, Mitchell
out Garland, LeVert, Mobley
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMeMiStWa 4 7 -1 3 7 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 1
CLE Allen, Merrill, Mitchell, Strus, Wade
in Strus, Wade
out Niang, Okoro
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaMiMoSt 1 4 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
CLE Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, Strus
in Garland, Mobley
out Merrill, Wade
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaMiMoSt 6 17 +7 6 10 60 1 3 33 4 4 100 1 8 9 6 0 1 1 1
CLE Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, Strus
in ---
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlLeMiNiSt 1 2 0 1 3 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
CLE Allen, LeVert, Mitchell, Niang, Strus
in LeVert, Niang
out Garland, Mobley
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaLeNiSt :59 2 -1 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
CLE Allen, Garland, LeVert, Niang, Strus
in Garland
out Mitchell
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaLeNiOk :54 2 +2 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
CLE Allen, Garland, LeVert, Niang, Okoro
in Okoro
out Strus
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GaLeMoNiOk 3 8 0 3 5 60 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1
CLE Garland, LeVert, Mobley, Niang, Okoro
in Mobley
out Allen
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
LeMiMoNiOk 2 1 -10 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE LeVert, Mitchell, Mobley, Niang, Okoro
in Mitchell
out Garland
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlLeMiOkSt :52 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE Allen, LeVert, Mitchell, Okoro, Strus
in Allen, Strus
out Mobley, Niang
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaLeMiSt 5 14 +11 5 10 50 4 7 57 0 0 0 1 5 6 4 0 0 0 1
CLE Allen, Garland, LeVert, Mitchell, Strus
in Garland
out Okoro
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaLeMiMo 4 10 +2 3 6 50 0 1 0 2 2 100 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 4
CLE Allen, Garland, LeVert, Mitchell, Mobley
in Mobley
out Strus
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiCoJoKuSh 6 16 +4 7 9 78 1 1 100 1 3 33 0 2 2 5 3 0 2 3
WAS Bagley III, Coulibaly, Jones, Kuzma, Shamet
in Bagley III, Coulibaly, Jones, Kuzma, Shamet
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJoKuPoSh 1 5 +5 2 3 67 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
WAS Bagley III, Jones, Kuzma, Poole, Shamet
in Poole
out Coulibaly
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DaHoJoKuPo 2 4 -1 3 4 75 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
WAS Davis, Holmes, Jones, Kuzma, Poole
in Davis, Holmes
out Bagley III, Shamet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BuDaHoKuPo 3 3 -5 1 5 20 1 5 20 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 4
WAS Butler, Davis, Holmes, Kuzma, Poole
in Butler
out Jones
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrDaPoSh 4 9 -1 3 8 38 1 3 33 2 2 100 1 3 4 3 1 0 2 2
WAS Bagley III, Baldwin Jr., Davis, Poole, Shamet
in Bagley III, Baldwin Jr., Shamet
out Butler, Holmes, Kuzma
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DaHoJoKuSh 2 2 -5 1 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
WAS Davis, Holmes, Jones, Kuzma, Shamet
in Holmes, Jones, Kuzma
out Bagley III, Baldwin Jr., Poole
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiDaJoKuPo 2 3 +1 1 5 20 1 4 25 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
WAS Bagley III, Davis, Jones, Kuzma, Poole
in Bagley III, Poole
out Holmes, Shamet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJoKuPoSh 3 9 0 4 5 80 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1
WAS Bagley III, Jones, Kuzma, Poole, Shamet
in Shamet
out Davis
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiDaJoKuSh 2 4 -5 2 6 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2
WAS Bagley III, Davis, Jones, Kuzma, Shamet
in Davis
out Poole
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJoKuPoSh 2 3 -1 1 4 25 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
WAS Bagley III, Jones, Kuzma, Poole, Shamet
in Poole
out Davis
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoJoKuPoSh 4 8 0 2 6 33 0 3 0 2 2 100 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
WAS Holmes, Jones, Kuzma, Poole, Shamet
in Holmes
out Bagley III
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BuHoJoKuPo 4 8 -2 3 8 38 0 3 0 4 4 100 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1
WAS Butler, Holmes, Jones, Kuzma, Poole
in Butler
out Shamet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrBuPoSh 5 14 +7 5 8 62 4 7 57 0 0 0 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 4
WAS Bagley III, Baldwin Jr., Butler, Poole, Shamet
in Bagley III, Baldwin Jr., Shamet
out Holmes, Jones, Kuzma
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiBuKuPoSh :56 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
WAS Bagley III, Butler, Kuzma, Poole, Shamet
in Kuzma
out Baldwin Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJoKuPoSh 6 10 -10 4 10 40 0 3 0 3 6 50 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2
WAS Bagley III, Jones, Kuzma, Poole, Shamet
in Jones
out Butler
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECL C. LeVert
DG D. Garland
DM D. Mitchell
DW D. Wade
EM E. Mobley
GN G. Niang
IO I. Okoro
JA J. Allen
MS M. Strus
SM S. Merrill
WASBC B. Coulibaly
JB J. Butler
JD J. Davis
JP J. Poole
KK K. Kuzma
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bagley III
PB P. Baldwin Jr.
RH R. Holmes
TJ T. Jones
CLE/WAS 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
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