Newer meeting, Nov 13: CLE 121, MIA 133

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat: player stats (Dec 8, 2023)

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Kaseya Center · Miami, FL

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CLE

Game leaders

MIA

Points
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell27 PTS9-17 FG, 3-8 3P, 6-8 FT
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry17 PTS6-13 FG, 3-9 3P, 2-3 FT
Rebounds
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell13 REB1 OREB, 12 DREB
Miami Heat: Kevin Love12 REB0 OREB, 12 DREB
Assists
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell6 AST27 PTS, 5 TOV
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry5 AST17 PTS, 3 TOV

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 111-99 on December 8, 2023 at Kaseya Center. Donovan Mitchell led the Cleveland Cavaliers with 27 points; Kyle Lowry scored 17 for the Miami Heat.

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Donovan MitchellG	36:00	27	13	6	9-17	3-8	6-8	1	0	5	1	+15
Max StrusG	34:00	11	7	1	4-17	2-11	1-1	1	0	0	3	+18
Darius GarlandG	26:00	18	2	6	6-11	1-4	5-7	4	0	2	4	+20
Jarrett AllenC	25:00	6	9	1	3-9	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	2	-2
Dean WadeF	25:00	5	6	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	3	0	1	1	+23
Craig PorterG	23:00	8	3	4	3-7	0-0	2-4	2	1	0	0	+7
Isaac OkoroF-G	22:00	9	1	0	3-4	1-2	2-2	1	1	1	2	-12
Georges NiangF	20:00	13	3	2	5-9	3-4	0-0	0	0	2	1	-10
Tristan ThompsonC-F	16:00	5	3	0	2-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	1	0	+21
Sam MerrillG	10:00	9	3	1	3-5	3-5	0-0	0	0	0	2	-8
Damian JonesC	3:00	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	-12
Team	240	111	51	21	40-87	14-38	17-26	13	2	13	17

DNP: Evan Mobley, Caris LeVert, Ty Jerome, Ricky Rubio, Isaiah Mobley, Emoni Bates

Miami Heat box score
Miami Heat
Jimmy ButlerG-F	36:00	16	5	2	5-15	0-2	6-7	1	0	2	1	-5
Jaime Jaquez Jr.G	35:00	14	3	3	7-13	0-2	0-0	0	1	3	3	+1
Caleb MartinF	34:00	15	6	4	6-15	3-8	0-2	0	2	1	5	-18
Kyle LowryG	32:00	17	2	5	6-13	3-9	2-3	2	0	3	1	-8
Josh RichardsonG-F	31:00	17	1	2	6-11	5-7	0-0	1	0	1	3	+7
Kevin LoveF-C	28:00	14	12	3	5-9	4-8	0-0	1	1	1	3	+6
Duncan RobinsonF	23:00	1	0	1	0-7	0-6	1-2	0	0	6	4	-25
Orlando RobinsonC	20:00	5	8	3	2-3	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	3	-18
Team	239	99	37	23	37-86	15-42	10-15	5	5	18	23

DNP: Thomas Bryant, Haywood Highsmith, Jamal Cain, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Dru Smith, Nikola Jovic, R.J. Hampton, Cole Swider

Team stats

Team stats: Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat
CLE	Stat	MIA
46.0%(better)40-87	Field-goal percentage	43.0%37-86
36.8%(better)14-38	Three-point percentage	35.7%15-42
65.4%17-26	Free-throw percentage	66.7%(better)10-15
51(better)	Rebounds	37
12(better)	Offensive rebounds	7
39(better)	Defensive rebounds	30
21	Assists	23(better)
13(better)	Steals	5
2	Blocks	5(better)
13(better)	Turnovers	18
17(better)	Personal fouls	23

Team advanced
CLE	Stat	MIA
101.5	Pace	101.9(better)
109.3(better)	Off. rating	97.5
97.5(better)	Def. rating	109.3
11.8(better)	Net rating	-11.8
56.4(better)	TS%	53.5
54.0(better)	eFG%	51.7
11.7(better)	TOV%	16.3
28.6(better)	OREB%	15.2
0.299(better)	FT rate	0.174
43.7	3PA rate	48.8(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

CLE 56%MIA 44%

Expected margin: CLE by 1.9
Result: CLE by 12: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 10.2 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 1.7 pts toward CLE. 4 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

CLE 1, MIA 3

Nov 22Miami Heat 129, Cleveland Cavaliers 96
Dec 8 · this gameCleveland Cavaliers 111, Miami Heat 99
Mar 20Miami Heat 107, Cleveland Cavaliers 104
Mar 24Cleveland Cavaliers 84, Miami Heat 121

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