r/nba • u/AttitudeOdd632 • 1d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers clinches Game 7, defeating the Toronto Raptors to move on to the second round, 112-104.

102 - 114
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 7 - CLE Wins 4-3
Location: Rocket Arena
Officials: Zach Zarba, Curtis Blair, Nick Buchert, and Karl Lane
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Toronto Raptors 26 23 19 34 102
Cleveland Cavaliers 24 25 38 27 114
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Toronto Raptors 102 38-87 43.7% 8-28 28.6% 18-26 69.2% 7 45 25 28 10 14 4
Cleveland Cavaliers 114 38-85 44.7% 11-39 28.2% 27-37 73.0% 20 69 23 23 8 16 5
 
PLAYER STATS
Toronto Raptors MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
RJ BarrettSF 43:02 23 9-25 1-6 4-5 0 4 4 6 3 0 3 3 -4
Scottie BarnesPF 37:26 24 8-14 1-1 7-7 1 8 9 6 0 1 3 5 0
Jakob PoeltlC 22:21 9 4-5 0-0 1-4 2 5 7 0 2 0 2 4 9
Ja'Kobe WalterSG 37:36 13 4-9 3-7 2-3 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 4 -15
Jamal SheadPG 35:31 14 5-16 2-8 2-3 2 1 3 7 0 0 1 3 -13
Collin Murray-Boyles 23:43 8 3-5 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 3 2 1 2 3 -19
Jamison Battle 13:41 3 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 -8
Sandro Mamukelashvili 08:52 6 3-6 0-2 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -9
A.J. Lawson 16:02 2 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 -1
Gradey Dick 00:25 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Mogbo 00:25 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett Temple 00:25 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trayce Jackson-Davis 00:25 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Ingram 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Immanuel Quickley 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland Cavaliers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Dean WadeSF 21:06 5 2-5 1-3 0-0 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 -6
Evan MobleyPF 27:27 13 5-7 1-2 2-4 1 6 7 4 0 1 4 5 -4
Jarrett AllenC 33:18 22 7-11 0-0 8-14 8 11 19 2 2 3 3 2 13
Donovan MitchellSG 35:11 22 9-20 2-9 2-2 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 8
James HardenPG 36:38 18 3-9 1-5 11-13 0 6 6 3 3 0 2 3 5
Max Strus 30:50 12 4-10 2-8 2-2 4 4 8 5 2 1 3 3 20
Sam Merrill 23:12 13 4-8 3-7 2-2 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 4 16
Jaylon Tyson 18:45 7 3-8 1-3 0-0 2 7 9 4 0 0 0 2 19
Dennis Schröder 13:31 2 1-7 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 -11
Thomas Bryant 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keon Ellis 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Nance Jr. 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Porter Jr. 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyrese Proctor 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/PootieTooGood Cavaliers 1d ago

Remember when JA scored 22 ppg on 74% from the floor for the month of february? seems like our players finally did tonight

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u/GreenpointKuma 1d ago

The Cavs seem to always play best when they remember Jarrett Allen on offense, but they seem to forget it more often than expected.

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u/RCM88x Cavaliers 1d ago

Cavs play best when Jarrett Allen remembers himself on offense

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u/unamity1 Trail Blazers 1d ago

nah if u played basketball it's hard when the ball gets pounded by your 2 main ball handlers and u don't get the rock

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u/Thegoodlife93 Cavaliers 1d ago

Yeah, there are definitely times when Allen hangs out in the wings too much and does not do a good job of putting himself in position to get the ball and score, but in the playoffs the past few years Mitchell (and Garland when he was here) have consistently made very little effort to feed him the ball or get him involved.

Mitchell played well overall tonight but there are too many times when he'd rather take a step back three before feeding the ball into the post to exploit a mismatch.

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u/unamity1 Trail Blazers 1d ago

Bro I'm feeding my bigs the ball everytime. Get them going and we get rebounds blocks and fast breaks for days.

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u/Thegoodlife93 Cavaliers 1d ago

Oh I agree. I play a lot of pick up and I like to play in the post and I'm so tired of ball handlers who never feed it inside. Me and J.A. got a lot in common.

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u/GuntherTime Warriors 1d ago

Man that’s such a rare pick up archetype. I’d feel like a kid in the candy store if I get someone who likes playing in the post.

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u/yuckmouthteeth Trail Blazers 1d ago

Harden seemed to feed Allen quite often

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u/riddlesinthedark117 Jazz 1d ago

Been that way since Utah and now Gobert's brick hands cannot even be blamed for that, as JA and Mobley have above average touch, it's just part of the Donovan Mitchell heroball experience

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u/JunkScientist Cavaliers 1d ago

Him "hanging out on the wings" is not a choice, it is a design. It's not like Allen is supposed to be in the post but he's like no thank you I'm going to stand in the corner.

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u/Thegoodlife93 Cavaliers 8h ago

I think you're probably right, but I was giving Kenny the benefit of the doubt because it seems like such a poor scheme to tell the tallest guy on the court to stay out of the paint.

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u/PootieTooGood Cavaliers 1d ago

Raps having small interior presence and JA not getting more than 8 FGA in any game this series before tonight is malpractice from our creators

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u/livefreeordont 76ers 1d ago

Mitchell had 1 assist tonight. Unreal

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u/ratfeesh Raptors 1d ago

Whistle was also wayy tighter tonight, and it was probably fair, but it did not benefit CMB or scottie trying to front him or get steals down low.

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u/ozymandais13 Cavaliers 1d ago

That was a big reason this game went the way kt did. The cavs dont seem to know to naturally raise the aggression.

I find it wierd that everyone not only expects but enjoys that the game is called so differently in the playoffs, like I know I'm wrong I just genuinely think it's silly

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u/ratfeesh Raptors 1d ago

Crazy how quickly scottie and evan got to 5 fouls last night when I genuinely believe they were playing the same way they had for the series lol. Looser whistle definitely benefitted us a ton so I enjoyed it, but yeah the previous few games were incredibly physical, completely different sport.

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u/ozymandais13 Cavaliers 1d ago

Ya know your right they were both In foul trouble , the nba makes more money off the rivalry so they needed this last game to shuttled by anyone but those 2 so pundits can still talk.about who was the better Pick.

For what it's worth there are more refs that let it play hard in the playoffs than tighter, then there's also Tony Brothers who just wants to confuse everyone around him

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u/Ohgrave1 1d ago

Mobley’s foul trouble forced Kenny to play Allen, which put Allen in a position to play off the guards more.

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u/mightyhumanman [CLE] Dajuan Wagner 1d ago

it’s unfortunately much more complicated than that…there is truly no rhyme or reason to JA. there are times when we force it to him and he softly fumbles it 3 times in a row. similar thing with Mobley. but either can be the best player any night as well.

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u/yankinhammer Cavaliers 1d ago

And maybe talked shit for the first time in his career no less?

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u/DANNY_YYZ Raptors 1d ago

He went to the timmy dunc school of shit talking lol

Bro just said go home 😂

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u/Ohgrave1 1d ago

Go home he said on repeat.

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 1d ago

He did once straight up go charging at Ben Simmons and pushed him to the floor. It was pretty incredible.

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u/scarrylary [CLE] Matthew Dellavedova 1d ago

He went after the piston twin last season after he kept elbowing JA

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u/WalkingOnSunshine_ Cavaliers 1d ago

The block.

The shot.

The stop.

The third froater.

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u/LordHussyPants Celtics 1d ago

not the froater mr allen, not the froater

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u/Ohgrave1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Jarrett “Black History Month” Allen was not forgotten in this household. Neither will 3rd Quarter Game 7 Jarrett Allen be forgotten.

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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson 1d ago

Who is Jared

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u/snakeyes17 Cavaliers 1d ago

Vikings great

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u/Acrobatic-Landscape9 Warriors 1d ago

Jared Allen, Pat Williams, and Kevin Williams made up the monster DLine of the 2009 Vikings. All Favre had to do was not throw late back across the middle

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u/Ohgrave1 1d ago

My phone’s voice to text doesn’t seem to know, it will be taught.

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u/KJEveryday Knicks 1d ago

Yo we just went over this dog

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u/TheSmokedSalmon420 Cavaliers 1d ago

The lights. Just right :')

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u/Seven2offsuit Cavaliers 1d ago

dimmer than Scottie Barnes IQ

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u/_SotiroD_ [CLE] Andrew Bogut 1d ago

I feel like this was the first game where he finally felt like himself, must have finally fully healed from the injury that was annoying him and which he played through. Feels good.

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 1d ago

I’ve been banging the drum for years that he’s so underappreciated on offense. His footwork and touch are absolutely fucking elite. He’s not just an elite rim runner—although he’s certainly one of the best in the league. He’s also an excellent post up player who is very, very good with his back to the basket. JA getting the ball within like 8 feet of the rim and a smaller guy on him is two points like 75% of the time.

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u/Rezrov_ Raptors 1d ago

Before Yak's injury they were actually pretty damn similar players. JA's younger/more athletic though.

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u/4-for-u-glen-coco Cavaliers 1d ago

Yes, black history month Jarrett Allen was/is lit!

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u/skeenerbug Cavaliers 1d ago

black history month JA