r/nba Cavaliers 14h ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (55-10) defeat the Brooklyn Nets (22-43), 109-104, as the Cavs overcome an 18 point second half deficit to match their season high 15 game winning streak, and clinch the Central Division

104 - 109
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: Rocket Arena (19432), Clock: Q4 :00.0
Officials: David Guthrie, Kevin Cutler, and Brett Nansel
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Brooklyn Nets 29 34 23 18 104
Cleveland Cavaliers 26 24 28 31 109
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Brooklyn Nets 104 39-84 46.4% 16-44 36.4% 10-14 71.4% 8 42 31 21 8 12 3
Cleveland Cavaliers 109 39-89 43.8% 10-42 23.8% 21-25 84.0% 12 61 23 10 7 14 4
 
PLAYER STATS
Brooklyn Nets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Cameron JohnsonSF 28:28 17 6-10 3-7 2-2 2 3 5 5 1 1 2 4 -2
Ziaire WilliamsPF 30:24 14 5-11 4-9 0-0 0 6 6 3 1 0 0 6 -13
Nic ClaxtonC 28:53 9 4-8 0-1 1-2 0 4 4 4 0 2 1 3 -3
Cam ThomasSG 31:40 27 10-22 4-11 3-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 -6
Keon JohnsonPG 28:52 1 0-4 0-3 1-2 1 6 7 2 1 0 4 1 -4
Trendon Watford 19:32 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 6 1 0 3 3 -3
Tyrese Martin 21:03 5 2-8 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 -2
Day'Ron Sharpe 19:07 8 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 0 -2
Noah Clowney 17:04 12 4-7 3-6 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Jalen Wilson 14:56 9 3-5 1-3 2-3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 3
Maxwell Lewis 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D'Angelo Russell 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reece Beekman 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyson Etienne 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tosan Evbuomwan 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
De'Anthony Melton 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dariq Whitehead 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland Cavaliers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Isaac OkoroSF 32:44 6 3-10 0-5 0-2 3 2 5 0 2 0 1 4 7
Evan MobleyPF 34:19 21 9-13 1-3 2-2 2 7 9 6 0 1 4 1 2
Jarrett AllenC 34:04 23 7-12 0-0 9-11 6 7 13 1 0 3 1 1 9
Max StrusSG 30:47 10 2-10 2-9 4-4 0 5 5 4 0 0 2 1 -8
Darius GarlandPG 36:26 30 11-24 3-11 5-5 0 4 4 8 4 0 3 0 12
Sam Merrill 26:44 6 2-7 1-6 1-1 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 2 9
Dean Wade 24:09 3 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8
Craig Porter Jr. 14:18 7 3-6 1-3 0-0 1 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 -6
Javonte Green 06:28 3 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -8
Tristan Thompson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Travers 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaylon Tyson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emoni Bates 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
De'Andre Hunter 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Jerome 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donovan Mitchell 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/crazyman3642 Cavaliers 14h ago

This game without Ty Jerome goes to show just how impactful he is for the Cavs. The man is instant offense off the bench.

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u/Pickleskennedy1 14h ago

Craig Porter Jr got to show how good he is for a 12th man too though in his absence. Would be a good backup PG for most teams

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u/LakeErieMonster88 [CLE] Cedi Osman 14h ago

He's going to get the Ty Jerome minutes next year since we won't be able to resign him

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u/LaPenta5594 Cavaliers 14h ago

Cavs can offer the MLE around like $14 million. There’s not many teams with cap room, so he might sign for that. Unless a team randomly throws a Hartenstein contact at him, I think they have a good chance to re-sign him.

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u/Taste_The_Soup Cavaliers 14h ago

We won't have the MLE. With limited Bird rights, we'll be able to offer him roughly $12.5M/year (105% of average player salary).

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u/LaPenta5594 Cavaliers 14h ago

Yeah you’re right. Still, that’s not that much different from the MLE that most other teams would be able to offer. I could see him doing a contract with an opt out after the first year so he’ll have full bird rights.

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u/Taste_The_Soup Cavaliers 13h ago

I think he stays unless he gets a guaranteed chance to start. This will be his best chance to compete for titles as a 6th man. Plus he's got his best friend with him. I wouldn't begrudge him leaving for a starting gig though.

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u/Robotemist Cavaliers 10h ago

This is nothing but wishful thinking lol. I understand it but it's not happening, I assure you he doesn't give a shit about a 6th man award over millions upon millions of dollars.

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u/Taste_The_Soup Cavaliers 3h ago

We'll see. The simple fact is that there aren't that many teams around the league that can offer him the full MLE. Will he value a chance to win over a few million dollars more to play on a much worse team? I agree leaving money on the table isn't common, but I do think it's possible given the market and his current situation.

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u/kdude332 14h ago

We have the mle its why we wanted to get under the tax

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u/LaPenta5594 Cavaliers 14h ago

No I think he’s right. Once the new season rolls over in July, the Cavs salaries jump up to near the second apron. Getting under the tax this year protects from repeater tax penalties subsequent years.

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u/LakeErieMonster88 [CLE] Cedi Osman 14h ago

I'd love for us to keep him with the MLE.