Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers
· National Basketball AssociationCavaliers take 41-point halftime lead and rout Warriors 136-117 to improve to 10-0
The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to win their first 10 games and score at least 110 points in each of them. Wilt Chamberlain and the 1960-61 Philadelphia Warriors had shared the mark with nine.
Cleveland also set a franchise record with a 41-point halftime lead at 83-42 — tying the eighth largest in the NBA’s shot clock era — and equaled its mark for points in a half. Ty Jerome scored 13 of his 20 points before the break.
Jonathan Kuminga scored 21 points and Stephen Curry had 12 points and six turnovers for Golden State, which lost for the first time in six road games this season. Draymond Green had six points, six assists and four fouls.
Cavaliers: The NBA’s highest-scoring team didn’t miss a beat on an off night by All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell, who was limited to 12 points. He missed nine of his 13 field goal attempts and committed four turnovers.
Regular Season Series
CLE leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 117 - 136 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 117 - 136 | |
4th 11.1 | Moses Moody makes 1-foot driving dunk | 117 - 136 | |
4th 18.0 | Jaylon Tyson out of bounds lost ball turnover | 115 - 136 | |
4th 36.0 | Lindy Waters III makes 1-foot dunk (Brandin Podziemski assists) | 115 - 136 |
Statistics
GS | CLE | |
---|---|---|
47-98 | FG | 46-85 |
48.0 | Field Goal % | 54.1 |
13-42 | 3PT | 20-42 |
31.0 | Three Point % | 47.6 |
10-14 | FT | 24-28 |
71.4 | Free Throw % | 85.7 |
40 | Rebounds | 43 |
11 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
29 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
32 | Assists | 33 |
14 | Steals | 7 |
4 | Blocks | 7 |
17 | Turnovers | 19 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
17 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
15 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 32 |
19 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
60 | Points in Paint | 42 |
24 | Fouls | 12 |
0 | Largest Lead | 41 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 19,432 · Capacity:
2024-25 Pacific Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Golden State | 12 | 4 | .750 | - | L1 |
LA Lakers | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2 | L2 |
LA Clippers | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 | W4 |
Phoenix | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 | L5 |
Sacramento | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4 | L2 |
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