Game ID: 22400090
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Washington Wizards
Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
WAS 25 28 28 35 116CLE 28 31 38 38 135
CLE @ WAS ScoutingCLE @ WAS 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.
WAS availability going into 10/24 · season opener
full strength
WAS availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's rest
full strength
WAS availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Holmes missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
WAS availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Champagnie missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Holmes missed 3 since 10/24, out tonight
WAS availability going into 11/02 · 2 days' restOUT Champagnie missed 3 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Holmes missed 4 since 10/24, returns tonight: 3 min (19% of 17)
WAS availability going into 11/04 · 1 day's restOUT Kuzma missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Champagnie missed 4 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Holmes back 11/02 after 4, 3 min since (19% of 17)
CLE availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/26 · back-to-back
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CLE availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CLE availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CLE availability going into 11/02 · back-to-back
full strength
10/24 vs BOS 102-122 — WAS notes
WAS lost 102-122. WAS shot 43% (41 of 95) to BOS's 47%, 7 of 36 from three, and got to the line 18 times to BOS's 27. Poole led with 26 (9 of 17, 6 of 11 from three); Valančiūnas added 18, Kuzma 12. Q4 was theirs, 29-24, the deficit cut from 25 to 20, but the other 3 periods went 98-73 against them. Sarr's -24 in 22 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/26 vs CLE 116-135 — WAS notes
WAS lost 116-135. WAS took 8 more shots (96 to 88), fed by 18 offensive rebounds, but shot 39% to CLE's 53%, 15 of 43 from three. Coulibaly led with 23 (9 of 16, 4 of 9 from three); Kuzma added 14, Poole 14. Q1 was theirs, 25-28, but the other 3 periods went 107-91 against them. Sarr's -18 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/04 vs GSW — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Washington comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 123, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 24 free throws a game; Poole at 22 and Coulibaly at 19 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Kuzma (2 straight), Champagnie (4 straight). One day's rest. Golden State comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 103, shooting 47 percent and 40 from three, 21 free throws a game; Hield at 22 and Wiggins at 18 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Curry (3 straight), Melton (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Golden State allowing 103 a night to Washington's 123 and the arc, Golden State at 40 percent from three to Washington's 34. Call it Golden State 119, Washington 110.
10/23 @ TOR 136-106 — CLE notes
CLE won 136-106. CLE shot 59% (51 of 87) to TOR's 42%, 14 of 30 from three. CLE turned it over 12 times to TOR's 18. Mobley led with 25 (9 of 14, 6 of 6 at the line); Mitchell added 21, LeVert 19. The hinge was Q2, 36-17: a lead of 1 became 20, and the lead reached 33. Mitchell was the night's best plus/minus at +31.
10/25 vs DET 113-101 — CLE notes
CLE won 113-101. CLE shot 51% (42 of 82) to DET's 47%, 13 of 34 from three, and went to the line 23 times to DET's 17 — 16 points from the stripe to their 12. CLE turned it over 12 times to DET's 22. Mitchell led with 19 (8 of 21, 1 of 8 from three); Wade added 19, Allen 17. The hinge was Q2, 37-26: CLE came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 10, and the lead reached 18. Wade was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
10/26 @ WAS 135-116 — CLE notes
CLE won 135-116. CLE shot 53% (47 of 88) to WAS's 39%, 18 of 39 from three. Mitchell led with 30 (11 of 18, 6 of 11 from three); Allen added 23, Garland 23. The hinge was Q3, 38-28: a lead of 6 became 16, and the lead reached 27. Mitchell was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
11/01 vs ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 107, shooting 54 percent and 41 from three, 23 free throws a game; Mitchell at 24 and Mobley at 19 a game. That is 5 straight wins. One day's rest. Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 28 free throws a game; Banchero at 29 and Wagner at 18 a game. Without da Silva (4 straight), Bitadze (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Cleveland wins, and the game turns on the arc, Cleveland at 41 percent from three to Orlando's 35 and the line, where Orlando takes 28 free throws a game to Cleveland's 23. Call it Cleveland 118, Orlando 108, Cleveland by 10.
11/02 @ MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 31 from three, 27 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 30 and Lillard at 23 a game. That is 4 straight losses. One day's rest. Cleveland comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 108, shooting 52 percent and 40 from three, 22 free throws a game; Mitchell at 24 and Garland at 21 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Cleveland wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Cleveland at 40 percent from three to Milwaukee's 31 and the defense, Cleveland allowing 108 a night to Milwaukee's 120. Call it Cleveland 120, Milwaukee 111.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECL C. LeVert
CP C. Porter Jr.
DG D. Garland
DM D. Mitchell
DW D. Wade
EM E. Mobley
GN G. Niang
IO I. Okoro
JA J. Allen
JT J. Tyson
SM S. Merrill
TJ T. Jerome
TT T. Thompson
WASAS A. Sarr
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
CK C. Kispert
JB J. Butler
JD J. Davis
JP J. Poole
JV J. Valančiūnas
KG K. George
KK K. Kuzma
MB M. Bagley III
PB P. Baldwin Jr.
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
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
Mitchell, Allen lead Cavaliers to efficient 135-116 win over Wizards
WASHINGTON -- — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, Jarrett Allen added 23 while going 10 for 10 from the floor and the Cleveland Cavaliers eased to a 135-116 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.
Darius Garland also had 23 points, and Evan Mobley scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Cleveland remained perfect three games into their new season.
The Cavaliers shot 54% (47 of 87) from the floor to complete their ninth consecutive victory over Washington. A night earlier, they defeated Detroit for a 10th straight time.
Bilal Coulibaly scored a career-high 23 points for Washington, which has lost its first two games by a combined 39 points at home after posting a franchise-worst 15-67 record last season.
Takeaways Cavaliers: This was a professional performance on the second night of a back-to-back set for Cleveland. But the schedule gets much tougher with six games against teams that reached last season's playoffs.
Wizards: Last season's leading scorer Kyle Kuzma is struggling so far. He made only 3 of 16 shots in 24 minutes (and missed all four of his attempts from beyond the arc) after going 6 for 16 in Washington's season-opening defeat against Boston.
Key moment After Kuzma's dunk to open the second half, Mitchell sank a 3-pointer, a mid-range jumper and assisted Garland's 3-pointer during Cleveland's 12-0 run to build a 16-point advantage. Washington would not get within single digits again.
Key stat Believe it or not, Allen's perfect shooting performance marks only his second-most made field goals without a miss in his career. He went 11 for 11 on Oct. 21, 2021, against Memphis.
Up next Both teams are on the road Monday, with the Cavaliers visiting the New York Knicks and the Wizards in Atlanta.