Newer meeting, Mar 30: CLE 122, UTA 113

Utah Jazz vs Cleveland Cavaliers: player stats (Dec 20, 2023)

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Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH

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UTA

Game leaders

CLE

Points
Utah Jazz: Lauri Markkanen26 PTS8-18 FG, 3-9 3P, 7-8 FT
Cleveland Cavaliers: Sam Merrill27 PTS9-16 FG, 8-14 3P, 1-2 FT
Rebounds
Utah Jazz: Lauri Markkanen10 REB2 OREB, 8 DREB
Cleveland Cavaliers: Jarrett Allen8 REB3 OREB, 5 DREB
Assists
Utah Jazz: Talen Horton-Tucker11 AST19 PTS, 1 TOV
Cleveland Cavaliers: Caris LeVert7 AST23 PTS, 0 TOV

The Cleveland Cavaliers won 124-116 against the Utah Jazz on December 20, 2023 at Rocket Arena. Lauri Markkanen scored 26 for the Utah Jazz, while Sam Merrill had 27 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Utah Jazz box score
Utah Jazz
Simone FontecchioF	36:00	9	7	2	3-7	2-5	1-2	0	0	2	3	+8
Lauri MarkkanenF	36:00	26	10	1	8-18	3-9	7-8	0	0	0	3	-7
Collin SextonG	34:00	20	3	2	7-17	3-6	3-4	0	1	2	5	+6
Walker KesslerC	30:00	10	5	0	5-8	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	2	+5
Talen Horton-TuckerG	30:00	19	1	11	6-13	0-1	7-8	1	0	1	3	+5
John CollinsF-C	23:00	16	5	0	5-8	2-4	4-4	1	1	2	1	-16
Kelly OlynykF	20:00	5	2	6	2-3	0-1	1-2	1	2	3	0	-14
Ochai AgbajiG	16:00	3	3	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	-17
Kris DunnG	16:00	8	2	1	3-3	2-2	0-0	0	0	4	4	-10
Team	241	116	38	24	40-78	13-30	23-28	5	6	16	22

DNP: Jordan Clarkson, Taylor Hendricks, Keyonte George, Brice Sensabaugh, Johnny Juzang, Micah Potter, Omer Yurtseven, Luka Samanic, Josh Christopher

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Max StrusG	33:00	18	4	4	6-15	6-12	0-0	0	0	5	3	-5
Jarrett AllenC	30:00	17	8	3	8-13	0-0	1-2	2	0	2	1	-4
Dean WadeF	30:00	3	7	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	4	-3
Sam MerrillG	30:00	27	3	2	9-16	8-14	1-2	1	0	2	4	+17
Caris LeVertG	27:00	23	3	7	6-15	4-7	7-8	1	0	0	3	+11
Craig PorterG	25:00	6	7	6	2-7	0-2	2-2	0	3	0	0	-2
Isaac OkoroF-G	25:00	5	6	5	2-7	1-3	0-2	0	0	1	2	+3
Georges NiangF	23:00	15	1	1	6-13	3-10	0-0	0	0	1	4	+11
Tristan ThompsonC-F	18:00	10	5	4	5-7	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	2	+12
Team	241	124	44	34	45-96	23-51	11-16	8	3	11	23

DNP: Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Ty Jerome, Ricky Rubio, Damian Jones, Isaiah Mobley, Emoni Bates

Team stats

Team stats: Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers
UTA	Stat	CLE
51.3%(better)40-78	Field-goal percentage	46.9%45-96
43.3%13-30	Three-point percentage	45.1%(better)23-51
82.1%(better)23-28	Free-throw percentage	68.8%11-16
38	Rebounds	44(better)
6	Offensive rebounds	14(better)
32(better)	Defensive rebounds	30
24	Assists	34(better)
5	Steals	8(better)
6(better)	Blocks	3
16	Turnovers	11(better)
22(better)	Personal fouls	23

Team advanced
UTA	Stat	CLE
99.8	Pace	99.8
115.8	Off. rating	123.8(better)
123.8	Def. rating	115.8(better)
-8.0	Net rating	8.0(better)
64.2(better)	TS%	60.2
59.6(better)	eFG%	58.9
15.0	TOV%	9.6(better)
16.7	OREB%	30.4(better)
0.359(better)	FT rate	0.167
38.5	3PA rate	53.1(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

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

UTA 32%CLE 68%

Expected margin: CLE by 5.8
Result: CLE by 8: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 2.2 pts from the result. Its largest input: Net rating so far this season, 3.2 pts toward CLE. 4 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

UTA 0, CLE 2

Dec 20 · this gameUtah Jazz 116, Cleveland Cavaliers 124
Apr 2Cleveland Cavaliers 129, Utah Jazz 113

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