NBA10/22
Ref×team split · N=9
Cleveland Cavaliers
How the Cavaliers play under each referee
Every Cavaliers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Cavaliers are 420-400 (51.2%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
420-400 (51.2%)
vs. opp avg .493 · baseline 208-202 · +49.3 above avg
Splits
- Top 10 opponents55-73 (43.0%) · 128 gp
- 11–20 opponents92-44 (67.6%) · 136 gp
- Bottom 10 opponents110-36 (75.3%) · 146 gp
Opponent tiers ranked by season-end win% within each season. Schedule context uses the same Cavaliers sample as the record above.
Standout team-official split
The strongest verified team-official win-rate pattern for the Cavaliers in the current sample.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (2460) exceed 820 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
Tight-game proxy
How Cleveland Cavaliers compares in tight final-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores, not last-two-minute reports.
Close games (≤5 pt margin)
592 of 820 games match this window
Avg combined points
- Tight-game avg
- 224.2
- Season avg
- 222.7
- Pressure impact
- +1.5
Avg fouls
- Tight-game avg
- 41.1
- Season avg
- 41.1
- Pressure impact
- +0.0
Over rate
- Tight-game avg
- 58.3%
- Season avg
- 52.9%
- Pressure impact
- +5.4 pp
Over benchmark: 222.7 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 820 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
- Individual refs: stats for one official across all Cavaliers games they worked, even with different partners.
- Team baseline: the Cavaliers went 420-400 (51.2%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
- Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Cavaliers.
Ref×team W-L from Basketball-Reference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26). Foul and scoring from NBA Stats API game logs.