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	1	2	3	4	T
BKN	30	24	26	41	121
CLE	35	33	28	29	125

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Cavaliers beat Nets 125-121

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 125-121 on Saturday at Rocket Arena.

The Cavaliers led after every quarter. The second quarter made the difference: the Cavaliers outscored the Nets 33-24.

The Cavaliers shot 51% to 40% and lost the boards 48-45.

For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell (G): 22. For the Nets, Michael Porter Jr. (F): 28.

The Cavaliers improve to 1-1. The Nets fall to 0-2.

Attendance: 19,432.

Full recap at ESPN: Cavaliers survive a late Nets rally to win home opener 125-121

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#17

BKN · PointsMichael Porter Jr. F28

BKN · AssistsEgor Demin G6

#17

BKN · ReboundsMichael Porter Jr. F9

#45

CLE · PointsDonovan Mitchell G22

CLE · AssistsJames Harden G7

CLE · ReboundsEvan Mobley C10

Stats	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
J. Randle F	35	23	7-13	2-4	7-8	6	5	4	0	0	1	5	1	+6
M. Porter Jr. F	33	28	10-18	4-9	4-4	9	1	1	4	0	2	7	6	+5
D. Sharpe C	23	7	3-10	1-2	0-0	8	1	3	1	0	4	4	6	+6
K. Ellis G	22	6	2-7	2-6	0-0	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	-16
E. Demin G	31	22	5-10	5-10	7-7	4	6	1	0	0	1	3	6	+7
J. Minott F	9	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	-4
N. Clowney F	20	4	1-6	1-3	1-2	4	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	+2
C. Johnson F	27	10	4-12	2-5	0-0	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	2	-7
M. Wagner C	14	6	1-6	1-2	3-4	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	-12
M. Brown Jr. G	20	8	3-10	2-6	0-0	2	5	2	2	0	0	2	3	0
N. Traore G	5	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	-7
Team		121	39-98	20-49	23-27	48	23	18	11	1	18	30	30

Stats	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
J. Allen C	27	21	7-8	1-1	6-8	8	0	3	1	2	3	5	3	+3
E. Mobley C	35	20	7-12	2-3	4-7	10	4	1	2	3	2	8	2	-8
J. Harden G	33	12	1-8	1-6	9-11	8	7	4	0	2	0	8	2	-3
D. Mitchell G	35	22	7-15	2-6	6-6	5	4	4	1	1	0	5	4	+5
P. Watson G	31	11	4-11	2-6	1-2	3	4	2	1	1	2	1	6	-7
M. Hezonja F	20	9	3-5	2-3	1-2	5	1	4	1	0	1	4	2	+8
S. Merrill G	21	7	2-4	1-3	2-2	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	+7
J. Tyson G	21	15	6-12	3-7	0-0	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	4	+7
C. Porter Jr. G	5	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	+2
T. Proctor G	11	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+6
Team		125	40-79	16-38	29-38	45	31	23	8	10	9	36	28

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