Overview
- The Cavaliers missed all 10 shots in overtime and were outscored 8-0, becoming the first NBA team since 2015 to be blanked in an extra period.
- Charlotte rookie Kon Knueppel scored 29 points while Brandon Miller posted 25 points with a career-high 13 rebounds, with Miles Bridges adding 20 points and 10 boards.
- Cleveland rallied from 17 down to tie in regulation before Donovan Mitchell missed a potential game-winner; he finished 6-for-24 and told reporters to “put this one on me.”
- Home fans booed as the loss dropped Cleveland to 15-12, marking six defeats in the last nine games despite Darius Garland’s team-high 26 points.
- Evan Mobley sat with a strained left calf that could sideline him for about a month, Jarrett Allen returned in limited fashion, and other rotation absences continued to thin Cleveland’s depth.