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Cavs that played the most minutes in the 2023 First Round against New York
Dribble penetration leading to Merrill wide open threes
Donovan Mitchell averaged 5.7 assists per game in the regular season. He is yet to go over that once in the playoffs and is averaging only 2.9 per game
basketball-reference.comCavs were 13/34 on shots in the paint in Game Six
Cade Cunningham while guarded by Dean Wade — 107 possessions 17 points 9 assists 6 turnovers on 29 percent shooting
nba.comDean Wade the last two games — 46 minutes 0/11/0 1 steal 1 turnover 0/1 from the field +22
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3912848/dean-wade
Some of the craziest stats I’ve seen even from a role player. Only one shot attempted but still having a huge impact on the game defensively.
With Dean on the floor in 250 minutes these playoffs, Cavs have a net rating of +17.3 (OFF 122.1 DEF 104.8)
In the 250 minutes he’s off the floor, Cavs have a net rating of -5.3 (OFF 110.5 DEF 115.7)
Net Rating and Four Factors through Game 4 against Detroit
Not a single five-man lineup exceeded 100 minutes in the regular season. They finally hit one in the postseason and it is a +22 NET
Mobley helps on the Jenkins drive, blocks off Reed’s drive, then swats Jenkins layup attempt
Jalen Duren during the regular season averaged 19 points on a league leading 68.8 percent true shooting. In the playoffs he has scored more than 12 points only once (15 points) and his true shooting percentage has dropped to 54.5 percent
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/\_/id/4433621/jalen-duren
He’s gotten worse in about every statistical category…
PPG down 9.3
Rebounds down 2
TRB% down 5.3%
FG percentage down 15.6%
PER down 13.6
TOVs up 0.7
TOV% up 10.4%
Detroit, max this man ASAP
The Cavs Have Given Up The Fewest Points Per Possession Guarding ISOs In The 2025-26 NBA Playoffs
nba.comDonovan Mitchell since JB Bickerstaff’s “dribble dribble dribble” comments after the Game 2 loss- 39/8/3 on 52/29/87 shooting
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/\_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell
Someone might have finally lit a fire under Donovan to start getting it cooking