Cavs' record when trailing at the end of the third is the best this season and one of the best in the last 10 seasons.

One of the only recent teams to be better at fourth quarter comebacks: the 2015-16 Warriors, who had an absolutely absurd 10-7 record when trailing at the end of the third, and of course came back from a 1-3 deficit against the Thunder in the playoffs and then nothing ironic happened after that afaik

The other was the 2021-22 "Fourth Quarter Suns" who were 47-0 when up and 17-17 when trailing

Source: https://www.nba.com/standings?Section=ab

28 comments

  1. Would this cavs team be the most unexpected title winner ever if they win the whole thing

  6. why is 8-10 ridiculous? Cavs probably not going 4th quarter with 20 points down. They’ll get some wins. And if you are already behind by 3rd quarter, you are probably playing against a good team who is doing good at that night, so losing 10 games makes sense as well.

    47-0 part seem to be outlier. Still we can safely assume at least 30 of those wins were already 10+ point lead and this include games against Hornets-Wizards etc too. I guess it’d be fine if they had lost 2-3 games out of that 47.

  8. They’re winning it all. Lakers had the same undefeated stat line when leading at the end of the 3rd during 2020.

  10. Love how the team is doing so well compared to last year really rooting for them to make the finals

  12. I know for title teams, I think the 2020 lakers have the record for leads not blown. what was their record when up?

  14. It’s almost as if when theyre the better team through 3 quarters they win and if they’re not, they usually are losing

  15. >and then nothing ironic happened after that afaik

    lmao you’re so real for this

  17. I’ve seen stats like this before in some season. Didn’t lead to a very good game 7 situation.

  18. I’d be interesting in knowing the circumstances leading to those losses. Are they on the second night of back-to-back’s after playing 4 games in 6 days, on the road, or something?

  19. why is it ridiculous when they are just under .500 when trailing at the end of the third? That feels like it would be about the standard for an average team.

  25. 8-10 when trailing isn’t ridiculous, probably worse than expected for a team that wins 80+% of games

  26. >2015-16 Warriors, who had an absolutely absurd 10-7 record

    That means, *checks math*, they were 63-2 when leading or tied after 3 quarters.

  27. This stat is a key indicator once the playoffs start. It becomes a different story, when teams can start figuring you out more. This is why I’m not sold on the Cavaliers yet; this tells me they are a frontrunner. If the game is close enough, they will feel the pressure and have a chance.

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