By the Numbers is presented by Betway.
The Wine & Gold wrapped-up the last full month of the regular season by starting a long west coast road trip. Before that, there were plenty of notable numbers that got racked up...
5 … double-doubles that Darius Garland totaled during the month of March – including three straight games averaging 11.3 assists per.
490 … assists that the Cavs handed out as a team over the course of March – top mark in the NBA.
46 … three-pointers that Sam Merrill drilled in the month of March – most by any NBA reserve over that span.
.593, .500 … Max Strus’ shooting percentage from the floor and from three-point range in three games since his return from a knee injury.
240 … three-pointers that the Cavaliers connected on during the month of March – second-best mark in the NBA (behind only Boston) over that 17-game span.
9 … double-doubles that Jarrett Allen racked up during March – averaging 19.3 points and 14.0 boards in those contests.
.447 … George Niang’s three-point shooting percentage during the month of March – posting 10 games with at least three triples.
10 … games this month that Caris LeVert handed out at least seven assists – averaging 7.3 dimes per over that 14-game stretch.
3 … free throws that the Cavaliers attempted in a 21-point victory over New Orleans – just the second time in franchise history that Cleveland won a game attempting three or fewer free throws.
7 … games in March that the Cavaliers handed out at least 30 assists, including a 23-point win over Charlotte with a season-best 41 helpers.
15.5, .597, .462 … points that Evan Mobley averaged – along with his shooting percentages from the floor and beyond the arc – in eight games during March.
10 … games in March that Sam Merrill came off the bench to net double-digit points – after netting just three such games through the first three years of his career.