Houston Rockets vs Cleveland Cavaliers: player stats
Regular seasonFinal/OT
Houston Rockets 130, Cleveland Cavaliers 135
Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH
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The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Houston Rockets 135-130 in overtime on December 18, 2023 at Rocket Arena. Fred VanVleet scored 27 for the Houston Rockets, while Donovan Mitchell had 37 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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| Fred VanVleetG | 45:00 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 9-19 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +2 |
| Dillon BrooksG-F | 38:00 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jalen GreenG | 34:00 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2-12 | 1-4 | 7-7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -16 |
| Tari EasonF | 33:00 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 |
| Alperen SengunF-C | 31:00 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 11-20 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -3 |
| Jeff GreenF | 24:00 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +16 |
| Jabari Smith Jr.F | 23:00 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -17 |
| Aaron HolidayG | 17:00 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +3 |
| Jae'Sean TateF | 16:00 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 |
| Jock LandaleC | 4:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| Team | 265 | 130 | 47 | 34 | 47-102 | 12-33 | 24-27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
DNP: Amen Thompson, Cam Whitmore, Jeenathan Williams, Reggie Bullock, Victor Oladipo, Boban Marjanovic, Nate Hinton, Jermaine Samuels Jr.
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| Donovan MitchellG | 45:00 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 14-27 | 4-11 | 5-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | +4 |
| Max StrusG | 34:00 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5-13 | 3-9 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 |
| Isaac OkoroF-G | 32:00 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Jarrett AllenC | 29:00 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 |
| Caris LeVertG | 27:00 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5-13 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 |
| Georges NiangF | 25:00 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | +10 |
| Sam MerrillG | 24:00 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6-11 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +13 |
| Dean WadeF | 22:00 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| Tristan ThompsonC-F | 18:00 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 |
| Craig PorterG | 9:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 |
| Team | 265 | 135 | 38 | 29 | 47-97 | 19-48 | 22-34 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
DNP: Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Ty Jerome, Ricky Rubio, Damian Jones, Isaiah Mobley, Emoni Bates
Keel projection
How the projections do →Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.
HOU 36%CLE 64%
- Expected margin
- CLE by 4.4
- Result: CLE by 5
- The projection called it.
Season series
HOU 1, CLE 1- Dec 18 · this gameHouston Rockets 130, Cleveland Cavaliers 135
- Mar 16Cleveland Cavaliers 103, Houston Rockets 117
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