Dunks & Threes: Pro Basketball Analysis

All Games Friday, January 3, 2025

Final			W-Prob	pScore		ORTG	#Poss	Pace
	3	Cavaliers	69%	116	134	128.8	104	100.4
	23	Mavericks	31%	109	122	117.3	104	107.9

Scoring Opportunities

CLE

+13

-7

110

DAL

+24

-12

116

Base

ORB

TOV

Scoring Efficiency

CLE

1.22 60.9%

DAL

1.05 52.6%

Points per Opportunity/ True Shooting %

3 Cleveland Cavaliers

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Evan Mobley #4 · PF · 6'11" 215 · 24	29.5	34	74%	10	4	0	2	0	3	2	8	3-4	75%	11-15	73%	3-6	50%
Darius Garland #10 · PG · 6'1" 192 · 25	28.9	16	62%	4	9	1	0	1	1	0	4	2-2	100%	4-7	57%	2-5	40%
Donovan Mitchell #45 · SG · 6'2" 215 · 28	26.7	15	63%	0	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	3-3	100%	3-4	75%	2-7	29%
Dean Wade #32 · SF · 6'9" 228 · 28	26.4	10	100%	3	1	0	2	0	5	0	3	0-0	-	2-2	100%	2-3	67%
Jarrett Allen #31 · C · 6'9" 243 · 27	22.4	11	50%	9	0	0	1	0	4	3	6	1-2	50%	5-10	50%	0-0	-

Caris LeVert #3 · SG · 6'7" 205 · 30	25.5	17	53%	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	4	1-3	33%	5-8	63%	2-7	29%
Max Strus #1 · SF · 6'5" 215 · 29	24.4	2	20%	6	7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0-0	-	1-1	100%	0-4	0%
Georges Niang #20 · PF · 6'6" 230 · 32	20.3	15	83%	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	0-0	-	3-4	75%	3-5	60%
Ty Jerome #2 · SG · 6'5" 195 · 27	19.5	9	75%	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2-2	100%	2-3	67%	1-2	50%
Craig Porter Jr. #9 · PG · 6'1" 180 · 25	4.1	2	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2-2	100%	0-1	0%	0-0	-
Tristan Thompson #13 · PF · 6'9" 254 · 34	4.1	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	-	0-1	0%	0-0	-
Jaylon Tyson #24 · SG · 6'6" 215 · 22	4.1	0	0%	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-1	0%
JT Thor #15 · PF · 6'9" 203 · 22	4.1	3	50%	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1-2	50%	1-2	50%	0-0	-
Emoni Bates #21 · SF · 6'9" 202 · 21	Inactive - G League - Two-Way
Luke Travers #33 · SG · 6'6" 207 · 23	Inactive - G League - Two-Way
Sam Merrill #5 · SG · 6'4" 205 · 29	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Ankle; Sprain
Isaac Okoro #35 · SG · 6'4" 225 · 24	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Shoulder; AC Joint Sprain
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	134	61%	46	38	5	7	7	20	10	36	15-20	75%	37-58	64%	15-40	38%

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3 Cleveland Cavaliers

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Evan Mobley #4 · PF · 6'11" 215 · 24	29.5	34	74%	10	4	0	2	0	3	2	8	3-4	75%	11-15	73%	3-6	50%
Darius Garland #10 · PG · 6'1" 192 · 25	28.9	16	62%	4	9	1	0	1	1	0	4	2-2	100%	4-7	57%	2-5	40%
Donovan Mitchell #45 · SG · 6'2" 215 · 28	26.7	15	63%	0	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	3-3	100%	3-4	75%	2-7	29%
Dean Wade #32 · SF · 6'9" 228 · 28	26.4	10	100%	3	1	0	2	0	5	0	3	0-0	-	2-2	100%	2-3	67%
Jarrett Allen #31 · C · 6'9" 243 · 27	22.4	11	50%	9	0	0	1	0	4	3	6	1-2	50%	5-10	50%	0-0	-

Caris LeVert #3 · SG · 6'7" 205 · 30	25.5	17	53%	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	4	1-3	33%	5-8	63%	2-7	29%
Max Strus #1 · SF · 6'5" 215 · 29	24.4	2	20%	6	7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0-0	-	1-1	100%	0-4	0%
Georges Niang #20 · PF · 6'6" 230 · 32	20.3	15	83%	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	0-0	-	3-4	75%	3-5	60%
Ty Jerome #2 · SG · 6'5" 195 · 27	19.5	9	75%	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2-2	100%	2-3	67%	1-2	50%
Craig Porter Jr. #9 · PG · 6'1" 180 · 25	4.1	2	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2-2	100%	0-1	0%	0-0	-
Tristan Thompson #13 · PF · 6'9" 254 · 34	4.1	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	-	0-1	0%	0-0	-
Jaylon Tyson #24 · SG · 6'6" 215 · 22	4.1	0	0%	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-1	0%
JT Thor #15 · PF · 6'9" 203 · 22	4.1	3	50%	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1-2	50%	1-2	50%	0-0	-
Emoni Bates #21 · SF · 6'9" 202 · 21	Inactive - G League - Two-Way
Luke Travers #33 · SG · 6'6" 207 · 23	Inactive - G League - Two-Way
Sam Merrill #5 · SG · 6'4" 205 · 29	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Ankle; Sprain
Isaac Okoro #35 · SG · 6'4" 225 · 24	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Shoulder; AC Joint Sprain
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	134	61%	46	38	5	7	7	20	10	36	15-20	75%	37-58	64%	15-40	38%

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23 Dallas Mavericks

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Quentin Grimes #5 · PG · 6'5" 207 · 25	32.6	26	76%	2	6	1	0	2	2	1	1	7-7	100%	8-9	89%	1-5	20%
P.J. Washington #25 · PF · 6'7" 230 · 26	31.0	15	39%	7	1	0	1	2	1	1	6	2-3	67%	5-11	45%	1-7	14%
Klay Thompson #31 · SF · 6'5" 220 · 35	28.5	16	53%	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	4-4	100%	0-3	0%	4-10	40%
Dereck Lively II #2 · C · 7'1" 230 · 21	27.1	7	58%	11	3	0	1	1	2	4	7	1-2	50%	3-5	60%	0-0	-
Spencer Dinwiddie #26 · SG · 6'5" 215 · 32	23.4	2	14%	4	5	0	0	3	1	1	3	0-0	-	1-4	25%	0-3	0%

Jaden Hardy #1 · SG · 6'3" 198 · 22	25.0	17	65%	3	3	0	1	1	5	1	2	3-4	75%	4-7	57%	2-4	50%
Brandon Williams #10 · PG · 6'1" 190 · 25	20.1	13	59%	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	3-4	75%	2-5	40%	2-4	50%
Daniel Gafford #21 · PF · 6'10" 265 · 26	16.8	12	75%	8	2	0	1	1	0	5	3	2-4	50%	5-6	83%	0-0	-
Maxi Kleber #42 · PF · 6'10" 240 · 33	15.8	2	25%	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0-0	-	1-1	100%	0-3	0%
Olivier-Maxence Prosper #8 · PF · 6'7" 230 · 23	7.5	4	33%	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	2-2	100%	1-4	25%	0-1	0%
Dwight Powell #7 · C · 6'10" 240 · 33	4.1	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
Jazian Gortman #00 · PG · 6'2" 184 · 22	4.1	3	50%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-3	33%
Markieff Morris #88 · PF · 6'10" 245 · 35	4.1	5	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	-	1-1	100%	1-4	25%
Naji Marshall #13 · SF · 6'6" 220 · 27	DNP - League Suspension
Kessler Edwards #20 · SF · 6'8" 203 · 24	Inactive - G League - Two-Way
Kyrie Irving #11 · PG · 6'2" 195 · 33	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Illness; Illness
Danté Exum #0 · PG · 6'5" 214 · 29	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Wrist; Surgery
Luka Dončić #77 · PG · 6'8" 230 · 26	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Left Calf; Strain
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	122	53%	53	29	3	4	12	17	21	32	24-30	80%	31-56	55%	12-44	27%

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WIN PROBABILITY | PLAYS

Win Probability

Scoring Margin

Play-by-Play

			Score / W-Prob
Clock	Team	Event	CLE	DAL
Clock	Team	Event	CLE	DAL

SHOOTING

Scoring Efficiency

CLE

1.22 60.9%

DAL

1.05 52.6%

Points per Opportunity/ True Shooting %

Scoring by Shot Type

At the Rim (within 5 feet)

CLE

76%

DAL

59%

Midrange

CLE

52%

DAL

50%

3PT | Effective 3PT

CLE

22.5

38%

56%

DAL

18.0

27%

41%

Free Throws

CLE

75%

DAL

80%

Makes

Effective 3P Makes

Efficiency

Misses

Bars scaled to point value.

Total Points

Cavaliers

PLAYER	PTS	TS%	TSM / TSA
E. Mobley	34	74%	17.0 / 23
C. LeVert	17	53%	8.5 / 16
D. Garland	16	62%	8.0 / 13
D. Mitchell	15	63%	7.5 / 12
G. Niang	15	83%	7.5 / 9
J. Allen	11	50%	5.5 / 11
D. Wade	10	100%	5.0 / 5
T. Jerome	9	75%	4.5 / 6
J. Thor	3	50%	1.5 / 3
M. Strus	2	20%	1.0 / 5
C. Porter	2	50%	1.0 / 2
T. Thompson	0	-	0.0 / 1
J. Tyson	0	-	0.0 / 1

TS Makes

TS Misses

Total Points

Mavericks

PLAYER	PTS	TS%	TSM / TSA
Q. Grimes	26	76%	13.0 / 17
J. Hardy	17	65%	8.5 / 13
K. Thompson	16	53%	8.0 / 15
P. Washington	15	39%	7.5 / 19
B. Williams	13	59%	6.5 / 11
D. Gafford	12	75%	6.0 / 8
D. Lively	7	58%	3.5 / 6
M. Morris	5	50%	2.5 / 5
O. Prosper	4	33%	2.0 / 6
J. Gortman	3	50%	1.5 / 3
S. Dinwiddie	2	14%	1.0 / 7
M. Kleber	2	25%	1.0 / 4

TS Makes

TS Misses

MATCHUP

Reg Season Avg		Game Stats
Efficiency & Pace		This Game
Efficiency	1 120.9 18 113.6	CLE 128.8 +11.5 DAL 117.3
Pace	10 100.4 11 100.3	CLE 100.4 DAL 107.9 +7.5
Avg. Poss. Time	26 13.8 16 14.4	CLE 14.3 DAL 13.3 −1.0
Four Factors		This Game
EFG %	1 57.8% 14 54.9%	CLE 60.7% +11.7% DAL 49.0%
TO %	5 12.4% 12 13.2%	CLE 7.0% −2.6% DAL 9.6%
ORB %	13 25.9% 23 23.4%	CLE 23.8% DAL 36.8% +13.0%
FTrt	18 24.1 4 26.3	CLE 20.4 DAL 30.0 +9.6
Misc. Stats		This Game
AST %	19 63.1% 27 60.1%	CLE 73.1% +5.7% DAL 67.4%
STL %	15 8.1% 22 7.7%	CLE 4.8% +1.9% DAL 2.9%
BLK %	28 7.9% 10 9.7%	CLE 12.5% +5.6% DAL 6.9%

Season averages charted by z-score with a range of -2 and 2.

Reg Season Avg		Game Stats
Shooting Efficiency		This Game
TS%	1 59.2% 14 56.9%	CLE 60.9% +8.3% DAL 52.6%
Rim FG%	9 66.0% 8 66.0%	CLE 75.9% +17.1% DAL 58.8%
Mid FG%	2 47.9% 15 43.7%	CLE 51.7% +1.7% DAL 50.0%
3P %	2 38.3% 15 36.4%	CLE 37.5% +10.2% DAL 27.3%
FT %	17 77.6% 24 77.0%	CLE 75.0% DAL 80.0% +5.0%
Shot Distribution		This Game
Rim Att. %	20 30.6% 16 31.4%	CLE 29.6% DAL 34.0% +4.4%
Mid Att. %	9 23.7% 27 29.6%	CLE 29.6% DAL 22.0% −7.6%
3P Att. %	5 45.7% 24 38.9%	CLE 40.8% DAL 44.0% +3.2%

Season averages charted by z-score with a range of -2 and 2.

Game Totals	CLE	DAL
Possessions	104	104
Possession Minutes	24.9	23.1
Points	134	122
Rebounds	46	53
Assists	38	29
Steals	5	3
Blocks	7	4
Turnovers (Team)	7 (1)	12 (0)
Fouls	20	17
Off. Rebounds (Team)	10 (3)	21 (3)
Def. Rebounds (Team)	36 (0)	32 (2)
Field Goals	52-98	43-100
At-the-Rim FG	22-29	20-34
Midrange FG	15-29	11-22
2-Point FG	37-58	31-56
3-Point FG	15-40	12-44
Free Throws	15-20	24-30
Fast Break Pts	13	18
2nd Chance Pts	15	20
Points in Paint	68	58
Pts off Turnovers	23	9
Bench Points	48	56
Biggest Lead	27	4

Scoring Opportunities

Scoring Efficiency

WIN PROBABILITY | PLAYS

Win Probability

Scoring Margin

Play-by-Play

SHOOTING

Scoring Efficiency

Scoring by Shot Type

Total Points

Total Points

MATCHUP

Reg Season Avg

Reg Season Avg