Putting Up Numbers· NBA

Thunder @ Cavaliers

Mon, Nov 2, 2026

Thunder 117, Cavaliers 112

Thunder at Cavaliers: against expected, a game, this season, This game
a gameThunder1 gameCavaliers1 game
Points+2.0+0.9
Points allowed−4.4+5.6
Rebounds+9.5+1.6
Assists−8.4+5.0
3-pointers made−1.4+4.4
Free throw attempts−1.6+0.4
Turnovers−6.4−8.1
Turnovers forced−8.0−6.3

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

Cavaliers

Thunder

Analysis

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

The series

  • The Thunder lead the series 75–53 since 1970-71. The Thunder have won the last 4.seriesevery meeting →

If you squint

  • The Cavaliers had won 7 of their last 10 at home.countits form →Now 7 of 11.
  • At home, the Cavaliers' points were 8.1 over expected in 3 games. 3 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 1.4 under expected.
  • On the road, the Thunder's points of margin were 8.8 under expected in 3 games. 3 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 3.3 over expected.

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Nov 2, 2026at CavaliersThunder 117, Cavaliers 112
Feb 22, 2026at ThunderThunder 121, Cavaliers 113
Jan 19, 2026at CavaliersThunder 136, Cavaliers 104
Jan 16, 2025at ThunderThunder 134, Cavaliers 114
Jan 8, 2025at CavaliersCavaliers 129, Thunder 122
Nov 8, 2023at ThunderThunder 128, Cavaliers 120
Oct 27, 2023at CavaliersThunder 108, Cavaliers 105
Jan 27, 2023at ThunderThunder 112, Cavaliers 100
Dec 10, 2022at CavaliersCavaliers 110, Thunder 102
Jan 22, 2022at CavaliersCavaliers 94, Thunder 87

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • “This season” and the analysis are the games through Nov 1, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
  • A game with no box score sits out.

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