Game completed

Cleveland Cavaliers42-27123atMilwaukee Bucks28-40116

Tue, Mar 17, 8:00 PM EDTFiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WIPeacock · NBC · FanDuel Sports Network - Ohio · FanDuel Sports Network - Wisconsin

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
CLE	37	20	28	38	123
MIL	24	34	29	29	116

Cleveland Cavaliers

123

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Sam MerrillSF	28	17	6	2	0	0	0	6-12	3-8	2-2	+22
Dean WadePF	25	9	2	2	0	0	0	4-8	1-4	0-0	+13
Evan MobleyC	33	27	15	2	0	3	0	12-21	0-2	3-5	+7
Donovan MitchellSG	34	19	8	3	1	1	0	4-14	1-4	10-13	-15
James HardenPG	34	27	5	6	2	0	2	7-10	2-4	11-13	+17
Keon Ellis	24	8	3	1	0	0	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	+8
Max Strus	23	6	6	4	0	0	1	2-6	2-6	0-0	+1
Thomas Bryant	10	5	0	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	-5
Dennis Schröder	16	3	1	5	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-1	-8
Jaylon Tyson	13	2	0	2	0	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-5
Team		123	55	27	3	4	6	42-86	12-36	27-34

DNP: Tristan Enaruna, Riley Minix, Larry Nance Jr., Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Jarrett Allen (injury), Craig Porter Jr. (injury), Tyrese Proctor (injury), Olivier Sarr (gleague twoway)

Milwaukee Bucks

116

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Taurean PrinceSF	23	8	2	1	0	0	1	3-7	2-4	0-0	-20
Kyle KuzmaPF	17	3	0	2	0	1	0	1-6	1-4	0-0	-6
Jericho SimsC	16	4	6	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-1	-18
Ryan RollinsSG	34	19	3	4	0	1	1	6-13	3-7	4-4	-5
Kevin Porter Jr.PG	33	25	3	10	0	2	1	8-15	1-4	8-8	-9
Ousmane Dieng	30	19	5	1	1	0	2	7-12	5-8	0-2	+2
AJ Green	26	6	4	1	1	0	1	2-7	2-7	0-0	+6
Bobby Portis	33	19	9	4	1	0	1	8-19	3-7	0-0	+8
Pete Nance	30	13	7	1	0	2	0	5-6	3-4	0-2	+7
Team		116	49	24	3	6	8	42-88	20-45	12-17

DNP: Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Gary Harris, Andre Jackson Jr., Cormac Ryan, Cam Thomas, Gary Trent Jr., Alex Antetokounmpo (gleague twoway), Giannis Antetokounmpo (injury), Myles Turner (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · MIL: 5
Biggest lead · CLE: 15
Times tied: 11
Lead changes: 16
Longest run · MIL: 14

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: CLE4 in 6: MILNational TV

CLE is carrying the heavier travel load at 336 mi from its previous stop.
MIL is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
CLE is in game 1 of 3 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	CLE	MIL
Record	42-27	28-40
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	52.5h	52.5h
Rest swing	0h	0h
Travel in	336 mi	0 mi
Zone change	-1h	0h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 3	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	4 in 6

How each side got here

Travel and map

CLE

336 mi

Cleveland, OHMilwaukee, WI

CLE came from Cleveland, OH with 336 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Cleveland, OH to Milwaukee, WI

MIL

0 mi

Milwaukee, WINo travel

MIL stayed in Milwaukee, WI between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Milwaukee, WI

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

CLE

Road trip

CLE is on game 1 of 3 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles1,253 mi

MIL

Homestand

MIL is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: streamingPeacockNBC
Local TV: CLEFanDuel Sports Network - OhioMILFanDuel Sports Network - Wisconsinin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: MIL620 AM/103.3 FM WTMJSiriusXMCLEWTAM/WMMS

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