most points in a first quarter by a cavs player in the playoffs

LeBron James has dropped the most points for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 21 points in Game 2 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics.

NAMEPTSQUARTERDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
21
1Q
5/15/2018
@
12
3
1
0
0
8
13
61.5
4
7
57.1
1
4
25.0
71.1
1
2
2
0
+5
2LeBron James
L. James
20
1Q
4/18/2018
vs
12
6
3
0
0
9
12
75.0
2
4
50.0
0
1
0.0
80.4
1
5
1
0
+15
3Darius Garland
D. Garland
17
1Q
4/30/2024
vs
12
2
2
0
0
6
8
75.0
3
3
100.0
2
3
66.7
91.2
0
2
0
0
+10
4LeBron James
L. James
16
1Q
6/7/2017
vs
10
1
2
1
0
7
8
87.5
2
3
66.7
0
1
0.0
94.8
0
1
2
0
+3
5Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
16
1Q
6/8/2016
vs
1
3
1
0
7
9
77.8
2
2
100.0
0
0
88.9
0
1
0
1
6Kevin Love
K. Love
15
1Q
5/21/2017
vs
12
0
1
0
1
5
8
62.5
5
7
71.4
0
0
93.8
0
0
1
1
+11
7LeBron James
L. James
15
1Q
5/17/2017
@
12
3
2
1
0
7
8
87.5
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
84.5
1
2
1
1
+11
8Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
14
1Q
5/7/2024
@
11
1
3
0
0
5
9
55.6
2
4
50.0
2
2
100.0
70.9
0
1
1
1
-5
9Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
14
1Q
4/22/2024
vs
11
6
2
0
1
5
7
71.4
2
3
66.7
2
3
66.7
84.1
1
5
2
0
+9
10LeBron James
L. James
14
1Q
4/25/2018
vs
12
4
1
0
0
6
7
85.7
0
0
2
2
100.0
88.8
2
2
2
1
-2
11Kevin Love
K. Love
14
1Q
6/9/2017
vs
11
2
1
1
0
4
6
66.7
3
4
75.0
3
3
100.0
95.6
0
2
0
0
+18
12LeBron James
L. James
14
1Q
5/27/2016
@
0
1
1
0
5
6
83.3
2
3
66.7
2
3
66.7
95.6
0
0
2
1
13JR Smith
JR Smith
14
1Q
5/4/2016
vs
1
0
1
0
5
7
71.4
4
6
66.7
0
0
100.0
0
1
0
1
14LeBron James
L. James
14
1Q
5/6/2015
vs
1
3
0
0
5
7
71.4
0
1
0.0
4
5
80.0
76.1
0
1
1
1
15Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
13
1Q
5/13/2025
vs
10
2
1
1
1
3
7
42.9
0
2
0.0
7
8
87.5
61.8
0
2
0
0
+12
16Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
13
1Q
4/28/2025
@
10
0
3
1
0
5
10
50.0
3
6
50.0
0
0
65.0
0
0
0
0
+24
17LeBron James
L. James
13
1Q
4/29/2018
vs
12
0
2
0
0
5
5
100.0
0
0
3
3
100.0
102.8
0
0
0
0
+12
18LeBron James
L. James
13
1Q
6/1/2017
@
12
5
3
0
1
3
5
60.0
1
2
50.0
6
8
75.0
76.3
1
4
1
0
-5
19Kevin Love
K. Love
13
1Q
5/6/2016
@
7
2
0
0
4
8
50.0
3
6
50.0
2
2
100.0
73.2
2
5
0
2
20Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
13
1Q
4/20/2016
vs
0
1
0
0
5
7
71.4
3
3
100.0
0
0
92.9
0
0
0
0
21LeBron James
L. James
13
1Q
5/22/2015
@
1
0
0
0
4
6
66.7
1
2
50.0
4
4
100.0
83.8
0
1
2
0
22Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
12
1Q
5/6/2025
vs
10
0
2
2
0
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
4
5
80.0
49.2
0
0
1
1
+12
23LeBron James
L. James
12
1Q
5/31/2018
@
12
0
3
1
0
4
4
100.0
1
1
100.0
3
4
75.0
104.2
0
0
1
0
+1
24LeBron James
L. James
12
1Q
5/27/2018
@
12
5
0
0
0
4
8
50.0
1
3
33.3
3
4
75.0
61.5
0
5
2
2
-8
25LeBron James
L. James
12
1Q
5/19/2018
vs
10
0
2
1
1
4
6
66.7
2
2
100.0
2
2
100.0
87.2
0
0
0
1
+15

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.1

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.3

6th

DRTG

115.0

15th

NETRTG

4.3

9th

3P%

36.0

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
54
25
.684
3.5
3
51
28
.646
6.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
44
35
.557
13.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Hawks

45 - 35

116

Final

122

CLE Cavaliers

51 - 29

Wed 8 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
58
22
.725
2
54
25
.684
3.5
3
51
28
.646
6.5
4
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
44
35
.557
13.5
7
44
36
.550
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.5
9
43
37
.538
15.0
10
41
38
.519
16.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
49
.388
27.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
30
49
.380
27.5
13
Nets Nets - e
20
59
.253
37.5
14
18
61
.228
39.5
15
17
62
.215
40.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
16
.800
2
Spurs Spurs - x
61
19
.763
3.0
3
52
28
.650
12.0
4
50
29
.633
13.5
5
50
29
.633
13.5
6
47
33
.588
17.0
7
44
36
.550
20.0
8
41
39
.513
23.0
9
40
40
.500
24.0
10
37
42
.468
26.5
11
26
54
.325
38.0
12
25
55
.313
39.0
13
25
55
.313
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
21
59
.263
43.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
59
.263
43.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
3/12
@
114-124
Thu
3/12
@
127-117
Thu
3/12
@
108-119
Fri
3/13
@
97-104
Fri
3/13
@
99-122

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
4/9
@
8:00 PM