Cavaliers 121-114 Nets (25 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

44-29, 19-18 away

121

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	28	32	27	34	121
BKN	30	32	27	25	114

Brooklyn Nets

23-51, 14-25 home

114

D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three pointer
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
DeMarre Carroll makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 15-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll makes 26-foot three point jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot
Dante Cunningham misses three point jumper
Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes three point jumper (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joe Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie makes 26-foot three pointer
DeMarre Carroll makes driving layup (Joe Harris assists)
DeMarre Carroll misses 23-foot three point jumper
Joe Harris makes 2-foot layup (Caris LeVert assists)
Joe Harris misses two point shot
DeMarre Carroll misses dunk
DeMarre Carroll misses three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joe Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses driving floating jump shot
Joe Harris makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeMarre Carroll assists)
Jarrett Allen makes alley oop dunk shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Joe Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Caris LeVert misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Joe Harris makes two point shot (DeMarre Carroll assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 12-foot two point shot
Joe Harris makes driving layup
Caris LeVert makes driving floating jump shot
Allen Crabbe misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham misses 8-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
Spencer Dinwiddie makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Joe Harris makes two point shot (Allen Crabbe assists)
Dante Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Allen Crabbe makes 7-foot two point shot (DeMarre Carroll assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 10-foot two point shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes driving layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper
DeMarre Carroll makes two point shot (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson assists)
Allen Crabbe misses driving floating jump shot
Allen Crabbe misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Allen Crabbe makes 27-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
George Hill blocks Caris LeVert 's 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Caris LeVert makes driving layup
Caris LeVert misses 25-foot three point jumper
Allen Crabbe misses 24-foot pullup jump shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 10-foot two point shot
Joe Harris makes 2-foot layup (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson assists)
Joe Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham misses layup
Spencer Dinwiddie misses two point shot
Caris LeVert misses driving layup
Joe Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup
Dante Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Caris LeVert makes driving layup
Caris LeVert misses 8-foot two point shot
Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup (Caris LeVert assists)
Dante Cunningham makes layup (DeMarre Carroll assists)
Caris LeVert misses driving layup
DeMarre Carroll misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Spencer Dinwiddie makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Dante Cunningham assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses driving layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses driving layup
Rodney Hood blocks Joe Harris's layup
Dante Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
Joe Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes layup (Joe Harris assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer (DeMarre Carroll assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell blocks Kevin Love 's 3-foot layup
Kevin Love misses layup
Jarrett Allen blocks Kevin Love's hook shot
George Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper
Larry Nance Jr. misses driving layup
Larry Nance Jr. misses 21-foot jumper
Larry Nance Jr. misses layup
Jose Calderon misses tip shot
LeBron James makes layup (Jose Calderon assists)
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
George Hill misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jose Calderon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Kevin Love makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Kevin Love misses driving layup
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rodney Hood assists)
Rodney Hood makes 25-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses two point shot
LeBron James makes two point shot
Rodney Hood misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
LeBron James misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
LeBron James makes two point shot
JR Smith makes step back jumpshot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jordan Clarkson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Rodney Hood makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 2-foot dunk
JR Smith misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Kevin Love makes 6-foot two point shot (Rodney Hood assists)
Jordan Clarkson makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Tristan Thompson makes two point shot (Kevin Love assists)
Rodney Hood misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jordan Clarkson makes driving layup
Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James makes layup (Jose Calderon assists)
JR Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper
JR Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jose Calderon assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
Allen Crabbe blocks George Hill 's 5-foot driving layup
Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jordan Clarkson makes 4-foot two point shot (Tristan Thompson assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jordan Clarkson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
George Hill makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Jose Calderon misses driving floating jump shot
Jose Calderon misses tip shot
Jose Calderon misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Larry Nance Jr. makes 7-foot two point shot (Jose Calderon assists)
George Hill makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes alley oop layup (Kevin Love assists)
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jose Calderon misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rodney Hood misses driving floating jump shot
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rodney Hood assists)
George Hill makes 22-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
George Hill makes driving layup
Larry Nance Jr. misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
George Hill misses running pullup jump shot
JR Smith makes 20-foot two point shot
Rodney Hood misses driving floating jump shot
Tristan Thompson misses 1-foot tip shot
Tristan Thompson makes two point shot
Jordan Clarkson misses 22-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Jordan Clarkson makes driving floating jump shot
Jordan Clarkson makes 25-foot three pointer (George Hill assists)
Jordan Clarkson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Clarkson misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Rodney Hood makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (George Hill assists)
Rodney Hood makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Rodney Hood misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jordan Clarkson makes 2-foot driving dunk (Kevin Love assists)
Kevin Love misses 6-foot two point shot
George Hill makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (George Hill assists)
Rodney Hood makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
LeBron James makes alley oop dunk shot (George Hill assists)
Kevin Love makes 5-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Rodney Hood makes 25-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)
George Hill misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
George Hill makes driving floating jump shot
Rodney Hood misses 29-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 31-foot step back jumpshot

CAVALIERS

NETS

TIME		CLE	BKN
12:00	Larry Nance Jr. vs. Jarrett Allen (DeMarre Carroll gains possession)	0	0
11:46	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson offensive charge	0	0
11:46	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson turnover	0	0
11:34	D'Angelo Russell blocks Kevin Love 's 3-foot layup	0	0
11:33	Kevin Love offensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Kevin Love misses layup	0	0
11:32	Kevin Love offensive rebound	0	0
11:31	Jarrett Allen blocks Kevin Love's hook shot	0	0
11:29	George Hill offensive rebound	0	0
11:23	George Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:23	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson defensive rebound	0	0
11:07	D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three pointer	0	3
10:38	Larry Nance Jr. misses driving layup	0	3
10:36	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson defensive rebound	0	3
10:29	Larry Nance Jr. shooting foul	0	3
10:29	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2	0	3
10:29	Nets offensive team rebound	0	3
10:29	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	0	4
10:24	D'Angelo Russell personal foul	0	4
10:22	Larry Nance Jr. misses 21-foot jumper	0	4
10:22	Allen Crabbe defensive rebound	0	4
10:13	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	0	4
10:10	LeBron James defensive rebound	0	4
9:57	LeBron James bad pass (Jarrett Allen steals)	0	4
9:53	Jarrett Allen traveling	0	4
9:41	Larry Nance Jr. misses layup	0	4
9:41	Jose Calderon offensive rebound	0	4
9:38	Jose Calderon misses tip shot	0	4
9:36	DeMarre Carroll defensive rebound	0	4
9:18	DeMarre Carroll makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)	0	6
9:09	LeBron James makes layup (Jose Calderon assists)	2	6
8:51	Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	6
8:51	LeBron James defensive rebound	2	6
8:44	LeBron James makes two point shot	4	6
8:31	LeBron James shooting foul	4	6
8:31	DeMarre Carroll makes free throw 1 of 2	4	7
8:31	DeMarre Carroll makes free throw 2 of 2	4	8
8:20	LeBron James makes 23-foot pullup jump shot	6	8
8:04	D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot	6	8
8:01	Kevin Love defensive rebound	6	8
7:54	Allen Crabbe shooting foul	6	8
7:54	Larry Nance Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2	6	8
7:54	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	6	8
7:54	Larry Nance Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2	6	8
7:51	DeMarre Carroll defensive rebound	6	8
7:38	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 15-foot two point shot	6	8
7:34	Kevin Love defensive rebound	6	8
7:27	George Hill misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:27	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson defensive rebound	6	8
7:18	D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:15	LeBron James defensive rebound	6	8
7:07	Jose Calderon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)	9	8
7:05	Nets Full timeout	9	8
6:46	DeMarre Carroll makes 26-foot three point jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)	9	11
6:32	Kevin Love makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)	11	11
6:17	Larry Nance Jr. shooting foul	11	11
6:17	DeMarre Carroll makes free throw 1 of 2	11	12
6:17	DeMarre Carroll makes free throw 2 of 2	11	13
6:09	Jose Calderon offensive foul	11	13
6:09	Jose Calderon turnover	11	13
6:09	Spencer Dinwiddie enters the game for DeMarre Carroll	11	13
6:09	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Jarrett Allen	11	13
6:09	Rodney Hood enters the game for Larry Nance Jr.	11	13
5:50	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson bad pass (George Hill steals)	11	13
5:49	D'Angelo Russell personal foul	11	13
5:27	Kevin Love misses driving layup	11	13
5:25	Allen Crabbe defensive rebound	11	13
5:18	D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot	11	13
5:15	Kevin Love defensive rebound	11	13
5:09	Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rodney Hood assists)	14	13
4:46	Dante Cunningham misses three point jumper	14	13
4:45	Cavaliers defensive team rebound	14	13
4:45	Jordan Clarkson enters the game for Jose Calderon	14	13
4:31	Rodney Hood makes 25-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)	17	13
4:13	Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	13
4:11	LeBron James defensive rebound	17	13
4:02	LeBron James misses two point shot	17	13
4:00	LeBron James offensive rebound	17	13
3:59	LeBron James makes two point shot	19	13
3:45	D'Angelo Russell makes three point jumper (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson assists)	19	16
3:33	Kevin Love bad pass (Allen Crabbe steals)	19	16
3:28	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	16
3:24	Rodney Hood defensive rebound	19	16
3:17	Allen Crabbe personal foul	19	16
3:17	Joe Harris enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	19	16
3:17	Caris LeVert enters the game for Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	19	16
3:17	DeMarre Carroll enters the game for Allen Crabbe	19	16
3:17	JR Smith enters the game for Kevin Love	19	16
3:17	Tristan Thompson enters the game for George Hill	19	16
3:09	Rodney Hood misses 24-foot step back jumpshot	19	16
3:06	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	19	16
2:50	Joe Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)	19	19
2:40	Cavaliers Full timeout	19	19
2:27	LeBron James misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	19	19
2:25	LeBron James offensive rebound	19	19
2:22	LeBron James makes two point shot	21	19
2:03	Spencer Dinwiddie makes 26-foot three pointer	21	22
2:03	Tristan Thompson shooting foul	21	22
2:03	Spencer Dinwiddie makes free throw 1 of 1	21	23
1:45	JR Smith makes step back jumpshot	23	23
1:26	DeMarre Carroll makes driving layup (Joe Harris assists)	23	25
1:16	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	23	25
1:13	Spencer Dinwiddie defensive rebound	23	25
1:00	DeMarre Carroll misses 23-foot three point jumper	23	25
57.2	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	23	25
51.2	Jordan Clarkson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	23	25
51.2	Caris LeVert defensive rebound	23	25
42.3	JR Smith shooting foul	23	25
42.3	Spencer Dinwiddie makes free throw 1 of 2	23	26
42.3	Spencer Dinwiddie makes free throw 2 of 2	23	27
28.9	Rodney Hood makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	26	27
10.5	Jordan Clarkson defensive goaltending violation	26	27
10.5	Joe Harris makes 2-foot layup (Caris LeVert assists)	26	29
4.0	LeBron James makes 2-foot dunk	28	29
0.2	LeBron James shooting foul	28	29
0.2	DeMarre Carroll makes free throw 1 of 2	28	30
0.2	DeMarre Carroll misses free throw 2 of 2	28	30
0.2	Nets offensive team rebound	28	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	30

Regular Season Series

CLE wins 3-1

Cavaliers
107
Nets
112

Game 1

26/10

Nets
109
Cavaliers
119

Game 2

23/11

Nets
123
Cavaliers
129

Game 3

28/2

Cavaliers
121
Nets
114

Game 4

25/3

Barclays Center

6:00 PM, 25 March 2018

Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 17,732

Referees:
Tony Brothers
Michael Smith
CJ Washington

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

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CLE wins 3-1

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