how many games has cleveland lost by 5 or less points this season

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell short 30 times with a point differential of 5 or below in 2025-26.

	TEAM	DATE	L	DIFF	SEASON	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Cavaliers	10/22/2025	1	-8	2025-26	CLE	@	NYK	L 111-119	240	111	32	21	8	4	40	86	46.5	19	46	41.3	12	18	66.7	59.1	4	28	15	25
2	Cavaliers	10/26/2025	0	5	2025-26	CLE	vs	MIL	W 118-113	240	118	44	23	10	2	39	87	44.8	12	40	30.0	28	35	80.0	57.6	10	34	17	23
3	Cavaliers	10/29/2025	1	-20	2025-26	CLE	@	BOS	L 105-125	240	105	42	25	6	4	35	87	40.2	17	52	32.7	18	24	75.0	53.8	11	31	14	22
4	Cavaliers	10/31/2025	1	-11	2025-26	CLE	vs	TOR	L 101-112	240	101	42	24	10	10	36	90	40.0	14	46	30.4	15	23	65.2	50.4	15	27	14	15
5	Cavaliers	11/10/2025	1	-2	2025-26	CLE	@	MIA	L 138-140	265	138	60	26	8	4	49	120	40.8	21	65	32.3	19	27	70.4	52.3	26	34	10	27
6	Cavaliers	11/13/2025	1	-13	2025-26	CLE	vs	TOR	L 113-126	240	113	37	26	7	6	41	91	45.1	10	41	24.4	21	26	80.8	55.2	14	23	12	20
7	Cavaliers	11/19/2025	1	-10	2025-26	CLE	vs	HOU	L 104-114	240	104	39	20	4	5	36	81	44.4	12	39	30.8	20	32	62.5	54.7	10	29	12	18
8	Cavaliers	11/24/2025	1	-11	2025-26	CLE	@	TOR	L 99-110	240	99	37	27	11	4	36	87	41.4	14	48	29.2	13	13	100.0	53.4	4	33	12	13
9	Cavaliers	11/28/2025	1	-7	2025-26	CLE	@	ATL	L 123-130	240	123	48	29	9	4	44	95	46.3	17	39	43.6	18	20	90.0	59.2	14	34	17	17
10	Cavaliers	11/30/2025	1	-2	2025-26	CLE	vs	BOS	L 115-117	240	115	43	28	7	2	43	94	45.7	20	52	38.5	9	13	69.2	57.7	16	27	14	22
11	Cavaliers	12/3/2025	1	-12	2025-26	CLE	vs	POR	L 110-122	240	110	45	23	9	11	38	94	40.4	13	52	25.0	21	24	87.5	52.6	10	35	7	24
12	Cavaliers	12/6/2025	1	-5	2025-26	CLE	vs	GSW	L 94-99	240	94	61	15	7	4	37	107	34.6	10	42	23.8	10	12	83.3	41.9	24	37	12	18
13	Cavaliers	12/12/2025	0	4	2025-26	CLE	@	WAS	W 130-126	240	130	48	28	11	1	41	97	42.3	15	53	28.3	33	36	91.7	57.6	15	33	7	20
14	Cavaliers	12/14/2025	1	-8	2025-26	CLE	vs	CHA	L 111-119	265	111	46	27	10	3	38	95	40.0	12	38	31.6	23	29	79.3	51.5	13	33	14	24
15	Cavaliers	12/17/2025	1	-16	2025-26	CLE	@	CHI	L 111-127	240	111	40	26	6	3	42	87	48.3	12	39	30.8	15	18	83.3	58.5	8	32	20	16
16	Cavaliers	12/19/2025	1	-11	2025-26	CLE	vs	CHI	L 125-136	240	125	46	31	10	1	48	101	47.5	14	39	35.9	15	19	78.9	57.2	13	33	15	17
17	Cavaliers	12/25/2025	1	-2	2025-26	CLE	@	NYK	L 124-126	240	124	45	30	7	0	45	86	52.3	15	34	44.1	19	23	82.6	64.5	9	36	14	22
18	Cavaliers	12/27/2025	1	-17	2025-26	CLE	@	HOU	L 100-117	240	100	42	23	10	6	41	96	42.7	11	36	30.6	7	11	63.6	49.6	15	27	15	15
19	Cavaliers	1/2/2026	0	5	2025-26	CLE	vs	DEN	W 113-108	240	113	55	32	6	8	43	86	50.0	16	39	41.0	11	19	57.9	59.9	14	41	17	18
20	Cavaliers	1/4/2026	1	-4	2025-26	CLE	vs	DET	L 110-114	240	110	44	23	11	10	35	80	43.8	14	42	33.3	26	30	86.7	59.0	11	33	17	18
21	Cavaliers	1/6/2026	0	4	2025-26	CLE	@	IND	W 120-116	240	120	48	33	7	6	49	88	55.7	10	26	38.5	12	18	66.7	62.6	10	38	19	23
22	Cavaliers	1/8/2026	1	-9	2025-26	CLE	@	MIN	L 122-131	240	122	38	31	9	2	48	91	52.7	11	33	33.3	15	21	71.4	60.9	9	29	13	17
23	Cavaliers	1/12/2026	1	-11	2025-26	CLE	vs	UTA	L 112-123	240	112	30	33	10	6	41	92	44.6	17	41	41.5	13	13	100.0	57.3	6	24	14	19
24	Cavaliers	1/16/2026	0	2	2025-26	CLE	@	PHI	W 117-115	240	117	42	38	7	5	44	85	51.8	17	34	50.0	12	17	70.6	63.3	10	32	18	15
25	Cavaliers	1/19/2026	1	-32	2025-26	CLE	vs	OKC	L 104-136	240	104	54	20	8	5	34	91	37.4	8	35	22.9	28	35	80.0	48.9	19	35	21	21
	Average		0.7	-6.1						241.7	113.7	43.3	26.5	7.9	4.6	41.1	89.7	45.8	13.7	40.3	34.0	17.8	23.0	77.3	56.9	12.1	31.2	14.1	19.7
	Total		30	-262						10,395	4,890	1,861	1,140	338	197	1,768	3,859	45.8	588	1,731	34.0	766	991	77.3	56.9	519	1,342	606	848

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell short 30 times with a point differential of 5 or below in 2025-26.

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27.9

9.0

5.7

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

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