Cleveland Cavaliers at Philadelphia 76ers
· National Basketball AssociationCavs beats Sixers 114-106 to become 6th NBA team to start a season 13-0
Mitchell also grabbed 13 rebounds and added nine assists as Cleveland became the first team since the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors to win 13 straight to begin a season. That Warriors team holds the record for most wins to begin a campaign at 24 straight.
Darius Garland scored 25 points while Evan Mobley had 14 points with seven rebounds.
Jared McCain had a career-high 34 for the 76ers, who played without Paul George and Joel Embiid on the second night of a back-to-back as part of left knee injury maintenance. Kelly Oubre Jr. had 20 points while Caleb Martin added 18 for the Sixers.
76ers: The best news of the day for the Sixers came pre-game when both George and Embiid were cleared to play on Friday night in Orlando. Head coach Nick Nurse said George’s minutes restriction would be lifted.
76ers: Play at Orlando on Friday night.
Regular Season Series
CLE leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 114 - 106 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 114 - 106 | |
4th 13.0 | Jarrett Allen defensive rebound | 114 - 106 | |
4th 13.0 | Reggie Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper | 114 - 106 | |
4th 15.0 | Guerschon Yabusele offensive rebound | 114 - 106 |
Statistics
CLE | PHI | |
---|---|---|
42-85 | FG | 41-92 |
49.4 | Field Goal % | 44.6 |
16-40 | 3PT | 14-43 |
40.0 | Three Point % | 32.6 |
14-17 | FT | 10-11 |
82.4 | Free Throw % | 90.9 |
46 | Rebounds | 45 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
37 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
25 | Assists | 24 |
8 | Steals | 8 |
1 | Blocks | 2 |
11 | Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
11 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
14 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 15 |
4 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
44 | Points in Paint | 42 |
14 | Fouls | 13 |
10 | Largest Lead | 8 |
Game Information
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 19,777 · Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 22 | 7 | .759 | - | L1 |
New York | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3 | W4 |
Brooklyn | 11 | 18 | .379 | 11 | L2 |
Philadelphia | 10 | 17 | .370 | 11 | W1 |
Toronto | 7 | 23 | .233 | 15.5 | L8 |
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