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Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers

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Final
117 - 136

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Cavaliers take 41-point halftime lead and rout Warriors 136-117 to improve to 10-0

Stephen Curry highlights vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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.

Takeaways Warriors: Golden State was lethargic on the fourth stop of a five-game road trip, seeing its five-game win streak end. The Warriors were outscored by 25 points in Curry’s 24 minutes and by 23 in Green’s 21 minutes.

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.

Key moment Garland made a pair of 3-pointers and Mobley scored six points as the Cavaliers grabbed a 20-2 lead. Golden State missed eight of its first nine field goal attempts and Green picked up two fouls in the first 5:39.

Key stat The matchup was the 21st time in NBA history that a team with an undefeated road record played an unbeaten home team, minimum four games for each. Cleveland is now 5-0 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Up Next The Warriors visit Oklahoma City on Sunday. The Cavaliers host Brooklyn on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Cavaliers: 61.9%
Warriors: 38.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

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

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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

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

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

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Clippers 17 13 .567 - W1
LA Lakers 16 13 .552 0.5 L1
Golden State 15 13 .536 1 L1
Phoenix 14 14 .500 2 L3
Sacramento 13 17 .433 4 L4

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 26 4 .867 - W5
Milwaukee 16 12 .571 9 W2
Indiana 15 15 .500 11 W5
Chicago 13 17 .433 13 L2
Detroit 13 17 .433 13 W2
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