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Brooklyn Nets at Cleveland Cavaliers

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Brooklyn Nets
4-6, 1-4 Away
Final
100 - 105

Cleveland Cavaliers
11-0, 6-0 Home

Evan Mobley scores 23 points and Cavaliers rally past Nets 105-100 to remain perfect at 11-0

Donovan Mitchell highlights vs. Brooklyn Nets

Darius Garland scored eight of his 20 points in the fourth quarter for Cleveland, which trailed 82-68 with 35 seconds left in the third. Garland put the Cavaliers ahead for good at 97-96 with two free throws.

The 2015-16 Golden State Warriors hold the league record after winning their first 24 games. They lost to the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.

Cam Johnson scored 23 points and Dennis Schroder and Cam Thomas had 22 apiece for the Nets. Brooklyn trailed by 15 in the second quarter, but held Cleveland to a season-low 13 points in the third with Johnson and Thomas combining for 19.

The Cavaliers failed to score 110 points for the first time, ending their NBA-record streak of doing so in 10 consecutive wins to open a season. Hall of Fame center Wilt Chamberlain and the 1960-61 Philadelphia Warriors had held the mark with nine.

Takeaways Nets: Coming off a 108-104 overtime loss in Boston one night earlier, Brooklyn couldn’t stop the Cavaliers’ league-leading offense in the fourth quarter. Cleveland made 14 of 18 shots in the final period.

Cavaliers: New coach Kenny Atkinson admitted “there was a little extra” at stake for him facing Brooklyn for the first time since being fired by the Nets in 2020. Mobley took the message to heart, making 10 of 11 field goal attempts.

Key moment After Johnson buried a 3-pointer with 4:23 left to extend Brooklyn’s lead to 96-89, the Cavaliers answered with 10 straight points. Garland scored four in a row, then fed Mobley for a dunk to complete the game-changing run.

Key stat The Cavaliers are two victories from matching the longest streak in franchise history. Cleveland has won 13 in a row three times, all with franchise icon LeBron James on the roster, last doing so from Nov. 11 to Dec. 6, 2017.

Up next The Nets wrap up a three-game trip Monday in New Orleans. The Cavaliers visit Chicago on Monday.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Cavaliers: 85.6%
Nets: 14.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 100 - 105
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 100 - 105
4th 0.0 Nets offensive team rebound 100 - 105
4th 0.1 Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper 100 - 105
4th 3.0 Dennis Schroder offensive rebound 100 - 105

Statistics

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34-76 FG 40-74
44.7 Field Goal % 54.1
15-43 3PT 10-28
34.9 Three Point % 35.7
17-18 FT 15-19
94.4 Free Throw % 78.9
36 Rebounds 33
10 Offensive Rebounds 4
26 Defensive Rebounds 29
21 Assists 24
4 Steals 12
2 Blocks 5
17 Turnovers 14
3 Team Turnovers 2
20 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
26 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 18
7 Fast Break Points 16
30 Points in Paint 56
14 Fouls 18
14 Largest Lead 15

Game Information

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Location: Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 19,432 · Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 10 3 .769 - W1
New York 5 6 .455 4 L1
Brooklyn 5 7 .417 4.5 L1
Philadelphia 2 9 .182 7 L2
Toronto 2 10 .167 7.5 L5

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland - 0 W13 1 13
Indiana 7 6 L1 0.45454547 5
Chicago 7.5 7 W1 0.41666666 5
Detroit 8 8 L1 0.3846154 5
Milwaukee 8.5 8 W2 0.33333334 4
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