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The Cleveland Cavaliers held the Charlotte Hornets to 87 points in their win on Wednesday. Whether that’s the result of good defense or poor outside shooting from Charlotte is for you to decide.
The stats in the table below are from Cleaning the Glass.
Effective Field Goal Percentage
Offensive Rebounding Percentage
Offensive Turnover Percentage
Free Throw Rate
Cavs
43.7%, 5th percentile
39.3%, 92nd percentile
21.6%, 4th percentile
20.7, 48th percentile
Hornets
37.8%, 0th percentile
32.8%, 73rd percentile
13.5%, 61st percentile
13.3, 12th percentile
Now, let’s dive into the numbers.
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The Hornets shot 17% from three (1st percentile). Three-point defense can be difficult to diagnose on first watch. Well-defended shots can result in makes, and giving up uncontested threes can result in misses. There’s just a lot of variance there. The best defense is often done by limiting outside shots from the opponent’s best three-point shooters. The Cavs didn’t do that as Kon Knueppel (2-10 from three), Brandon Miller (3-11), and LaMelo Ball (0-10) all attempted more threes than their season-long averages. Based on that, this might have been a case of Cleveland benefiting from a horrendous shooting night from Charlotte.
Charlotte’s eight three-point makes were their fewest on the season. It was also their worst percentage as they went 8-47 (17%) from distance. Their lowest mark in a game up until this point was 25%. This was an uncharacteristically bad shooting night for a top-ten three-point shooting team.
The Cavs didn’t shoot much better as they went 8-40 (20%) from three (2nd percentile). This was also Cleveland’s worst shooting night of the season, and the second game in a row they only hit eight outside shots. This was the fifth time this season they’ve shot 25% or worse from three, and the first time they’ve won such a game.
This was the second game in a row the Cavs had just 34 field-goal makes. That ties their lowest total of field goals in a game.
Cleveland outscored Charlotte 25-17 on second-chance points. Both teams struggled to end defensive possessions with rebounds, but the Cavs did a better job of…
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Publish date : 2026-01-22 11:30:00
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