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Portland Trail Blazers
6-3 overall · 5-1 on the road
Thu 3/4
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5-5 overall · 4-2 at home
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Trail BlazersOffense
CavaliersDefense

The Trail Blazers rank 3rd in the NBA in effective field goal % (56.2%), and the Cavaliers rank 7th in opponent eFG% (51.0%). Strength against strength: something has to give.

League average is 53.1%, so the Trail Blazers are 3.1 points above it. Deni Avdija leads them with 22.3 points a game on 57.4% true shooting.

Deni AvdijaTop scorer · POR
Donovan MitchellTop scorer · CLE
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Trail Blazers6-3
Cavaliers5-5
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Team vs team

Season before this game (POR 9 games, CLE 10). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

PORCLE
Scoring
119.33rd · Top 5
Points per game
NBA avg 113.1
117.010th · Above avg
113.816th · Average
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.4
114.117th · Average
+5.610th · Above avg
Point margin
NBA avg -0.2
+2.914th · Average
Efficiency
115.75th · Top 5
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.6
113.69th · Above avg
111.619th · Average
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.7
110.012th · Average
+4.111th · Average
Net rating
NBA avg -0.1
+3.613th · Average
102.515th
Pace
NBA avg 102.3
103.39th
Shooting
56.2%3rd · Top 5
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.1%
54.5%9th · Above avg
60.2%3rd · Top 5
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.0%
57.9%10th · Above avg
15.16th · Above avg
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
15.42nd · Top 5
35.6%13th · Average
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.6%
36.4%9th · Above avg
0.372nd · Top 5
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.2816th · Average
Defense
51.5%10th · Above avg
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.1%
51.0%7th · Above avg
7.324th · Below avg
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
7.226th · Bottom 5
4.819th · Average
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
5.59th · Above avg
Possessions
15.8%22nd · Below avg
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.8%
13.0%4th · Top 5
29.5%9th · Above avg
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.4%
25.6%22nd · Below avg
45.210th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.3
47.66th · Above avg
26.216th · Average
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
27.09th · Above avg

Recent form

Portland Trail Blazers
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Last 5: average margin +3.0 (season +5.6). Streak L2.

Cleveland Cavaliers
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Last 5: average margin +4.8 (season +2.9). Streak L1.

Key players

Portland Trail Blazers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Deni AvdijaF 22.36.46.357.4
Damian LillardG 19.43.24.459.9
Ja MorantG 15.82.55.562.2
Toumani CamaraF 13.13.41.169.1
Cleveland Cavaliers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Donovan MitchellG 24.05.15.661.6
Evan MobleyF-C 18.48.13.765.2
James HardenG 15.75.05.854.1
Jarrett AllenC 13.27.81.266.2

Injury report

Portland Trail Blazers
Ja Morant G · back ~12/1 Out
Robert Williams III C-F · back ~11/10 Out
Shaedon Sharpe G · back ~3/2 Out
Vit Krejci G · back ~1/2 Out
Cleveland Cavaliers
Jarrett Allen C · back ~11/9 Out
Jaylon Tyson G-F · back ~11/9 Out
Sam Merrill G · back ~11/9 Out

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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