The evening was perfect for Riders in Memphis. Even if Donovan Mitchell was missing, the leaders of the league dominated the debates. Thus, Kenny Atkinson was able to open his bench in the last minutes. Grizzlies then took the opportunity to reduce the gap, pushing the coach to sweat a little.
“I started to be a little nervous. If I want to put on, you can't see this last group be beaten by 11 points. We must better conclude the match ”,, Analysis Cleveland coach.
It would really be to push the sense of detail to its extreme because for more than 40 minutes, the riders made the expected match, without ever being worried.
The holders did the job, the replacements were excellent, the collective turned well and we did not notice that Donovan Mitchell was not there. All in the face of a team from the Top 4 of the West all the same.
Better than at the time of LeBron James?
“It shows how good this team is, whether there is an absent or not”confirms Evan Mobley. “When a player is not there, we raise our level. We try to have the same level of concentration at each meeting. We want to continue like this and play our best basketball evening after night. »»
Thus, the riders have just signed a 16th victory in a row. This is their new franchise record. And with now 56 successes for 10 defeats, they can still aim for a historic season at 70 victories. In any case, erase the Cleveland record, 66 successes for 16 defeats in 2008/09 with LeBron James, is clearly feasible.
The season had started with 15 success in October-November 2024 and mid-March 2025, they are still on a cloud. “They play with pleasure”comments Kenny Atkinson. “We are obviously full of talents and we play with enthusiasm. But you also have to have strength and concentration. It was brilliant. We feel when things are unique and there, it's special. »»
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | COP | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Donovan Mitchell | 60 | 31.2 | 45.1 | 38.4 | 81.9 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 24.2 |
| Darius Garland | 61 | 30.4 | 47.7 | 41.1 | 88.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Evan Mobley | 58 | 30.2 | 56.8 | 36.5 | 74.4 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 18.6 |
| Of'Andre Hunter | 12 | 24.9 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 84.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 14.3 |
| Jarrett Allen | 65 | 28.6 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 75.5 | 2.7 | 7.6 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 13.6 |
| Ty Jerome | 60 | 19.6 | 50.4 | 43.8 | 90.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 11.9 |
| Caris Lever | 38 | 23.8 | 45.3 | 40.5 | 69.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 10.2 |
| Max Strus | 36 | 25.1 | 41.5 | 37.6 | 90.0 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 9.0 |
| Georges Niang | 51 | 20.7 | 47.7 | 40.0 | 79.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 8.7 |
| Sam Merrill | 56 | 19.3 | 40.3 | 36.9 | 96.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| Isaac Okoro | 39 | 19.3 | 43.7 | 37.4 | 67.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| Dean Wade | 45 | 21.6 | 40.7 | 34.7 | 52.0 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| Javonte Green | 4 | 8.5 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Nae'qwan Tomlin | 3 | 4.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| JT Thor | 9 | 4.7 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| Jaylon Tyson | 40 | 9.1 | 46.1 | 35.9 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Craig Porter, Jr. | 41 | 8.9 | 54.9 | 45.5 | 76.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Tristan Thompson | 33 | 7.2 | 43.4 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Luke Travers | 9 | 6.1 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Emoni Bates | 8 | 3.4 | 14.3 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
