Cleveland Cavaliers – Milwaukee Bucks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 2 November 2024

CLE114–113MIL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 93% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 19 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MIL winsCLE wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIL leads and falls when CLE does.

This is how the game was decided.

Donovan Mitchell decided it, the Cleveland Cavaliers player with the most points (30, with 3 rebounds and 4 assists; -8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Isaac Okoro's (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Milwaukee Bucks 113-114 Cleveland Cavaliers (November 2, 2024) was hit by Donovan Mitchell: a jump shot with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Cleveland Cavaliers up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Milwaukee Bucks 113-114 Cleveland Cavaliers (November 2, 2024) was a 13-0 run by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second quarter (from 4:27 to 2:35), from 45-53 to 58-53. The Milwaukee Bucks' best was a 9-0 run in the first quarter (from 11:44 to 10:29), from 0-0 to 9-0.

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Play: Donovan Mitchell makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Donovan Mitchell decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Mitchell decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

2 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704711:642; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CLE

Mobley · Allen · Wade · Okoro · Niang

Closing lineup · MIL

Lillard · Antetokounmpo · Lopez · Prince · Portis

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CLE

Donovan Mitchell

35′ · -8

Darius Garland

34′ · -2

Evan Mobley

32′ · -2

Jarrett Allen

32′ · -12

Dean Wade

23′ · +6

Isaac Okoro

28′ · +12

Sam Merrill

22′ · +6

Georges Niang

21′ · -3

Ty Jerome

9′ · +2

Craig Porter Jr.

5′ · +6

MIL

Damian Lillard

39′ · +3

Giannis Antetokounmpo

39′ · +5

Brook Lopez

35′ · +10

Gary Trent Jr.

34′ · +8

Taurean Prince

32′ · +4

Andre Jackson Jr.

15′ · -8

Bobby Portis

20′ · -16

Delon Wright

17′ · -5

Pat Connaughton

10′ · -6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. CLE and MIL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Mitchell, Allen, Garland, Wade, and Mobley played 11.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 13 points.
Niang, Mitchell, Allen, Jerome, and Merrill played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Niang, Garland, Okoro, Merrill, and Mobley played 6.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Milwaukee Bucks

Prince, Trent, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 24.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 16 points.
Wright, Portis, Jackson, Lopez, and Lillard played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Wright, Portis, Connaughton, Jackson, and Antetokounmpo played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Mitchell, Allen, Garland, Okoro, and Mobley played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Garland, Wade, Okoro, Mobley, and Porter played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Niang, Mitchell, Allen, Okoro, and Merrill played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Niang, Mitchell, Okoro, Merrill, and Mobley played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Garland, Wade, Okoro, Merrill, and Mobley played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Niang, Mitchell, Allen, Garland, and Okoro played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Mitchell, Allen, Jerome, Wade, and Porter played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Mitchell, Allen, Garland, Wade, and Okoro played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Allen, Garland, Wade, Okoro, and Merrill played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Milwaukee Bucks

Wright, Portis, Connaughton, Trent, and Antetokounmpo played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Wright, Portis, Jackson, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Portis, Prince, Trent, Lopez, and Lillard played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Portis, Prince, Jackson, Lopez, and Lillard played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Wright, Prince, Trent, Jackson, and Antetokounmpo played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Portis, Connaughton, Trent, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Damian Lillard covered 4.51 km, more than anyone in the game.

Damian Lillard touched the ball 104 times, a game high.
Damian Lillard made 72 passes, a game high.
Giannis Antetokounmpo defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 26 rebound chances, a game high.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Donovan Mitchell	4.09	6.6	61	32
Darius Garland	4.02	6.8	72	55
Evan Mobley	3.86	7.0	65	46
Jarrett Allen	3.80	6.6	47	30
Isaac Okoro	3.39	6.8	29	19
Dean Wade	2.91	7.4	28	20
Sam Merrill	2.72	6.9	20	10
Georges Niang	2.48	6.6	33	25
Ty Jerome	1.11	7.0	17	13
Craig Porter Jr.	0.76	8.1	4	4

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Damian Lillard	4.51	6.7	104	72
Giannis Antetokounmpo	4.46	6.4	101	66
Gary Trent Jr.	4.05	6.8	35	23
Brook Lopez	3.65	6.0	40	30
Taurean Prince	3.56	6.4	38

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Evan Mobley contested 10.5 shots per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 5 of 388 in the league.
Jarrett Allen contested 9.5 shots per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 12 of 388 in the league.
Donovan Mitchell recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 22 of 388 in the league.

Milwaukee Bucks

Brook Lopez contested 13.6 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Damian Lillard deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 21 of 388 in the league.
Bobby Portis contested 6.3 shots per game over his 49 games.
He ranks 43 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Milwaukee Bucks have won 131 of their 241 games against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Game context

Attendance

17.341

100% of capacity

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Scoring

227

combined points

0.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 01:40.2

Giannis Antetokounmpo → Evan Mobley

Antetokounmpo (MIL) steps laterally and initiates hip to body contact with Mobley (CLE), affecting his drive to the basket and shot attempt.