Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers
· NBA Cup - Group PlayDonovan Mitchell scores 37, Cavaliers stay perfect and improve to 14-0 with 144-126 win over Bulls
The Cavs are the sixth team to go 14-0 and first since the Golden State Warriors opened 24-0 in 2015-16.
Cleveland's 14-game winning streak is the longest in the club's 55-year existence. The Cavs won 13 in a row three times when LeBron James played for them.
Jarrett Allen added 24 points and Caris LeVert had 22 for the Cavs, who have been perfect under first-year coach Kenny Atkinson.
Coby White scored 29 and Nikola Vucevic had 25 for the Bulls, who were still within four points on Ayo Dosunmu's dunk with 2:55 left. However, LeVert and Mitchell dropped 3-pointers as the Cavs blitzed the Bulls 21-7 the rest of the way.
The Cavs played without starting forward Evan Mobley, who has been battling an illness the past few days.
Cavaliers: At home. On the road. Short-handed. It doesn't matter. They're playing with energy and a connectivity that's only building their confidence and trust in Atkinson, who inherited a great situation and is only making it better.
Regular Season Series
CLE leads series 2-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 126 - 144 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 126 - 144 | |
4th 1.1 | Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot dunk (Caris LeVert assists) | 126 - 144 | |
4th 7.1 | Matas Buzelis makes 22-foot three point jumper (Dalen Terry assists) | 126 - 142 | |
4th 15.1 | Donovan Mitchell makes 30-foot three point step back jumpshot | 123 - 142 |
Statistics
CHI | CLE | |
---|---|---|
45-88 | FG | 51-93 |
51.1 | Field Goal % | 54.8 |
20-42 | 3PT | 21-43 |
47.6 | Three Point % | 48.8 |
16-20 | FT | 21-24 |
80.0 | Free Throw % | 87.5 |
36 | Rebounds | 40 |
3 | Offensive Rebounds | 4 |
33 | Defensive Rebounds | 36 |
32 | Assists | 33 |
7 | Steals | 11 |
4 | Blocks | 6 |
17 | Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
17 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
22 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 14 |
11 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
40 | Points in Paint | 52 |
20 | Fouls | 16 |
1 | Largest Lead | 19 |
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