Houston
Rockets
130
–
135
FINAL
Cleveland
Cavaliers
Date
Monday, December 18, 2023
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | 1OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 34 | 25 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 130 |
| CLE | 33 | 24 | 42 | 2 | 13 | 135 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Sam Merrill
CLE
19
PTS
4
REB
3
AST
+13
+/−
Key Contributions
Contested Shots3
Charges Drawn1
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending60.0%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.28
Impact Composite44.4
Hustle: 9.0Defense: 32.9Impact: 2.5
5-10 from 31 charge drawn+13 plus/minusonly 9 pts allowed on 32.5 possessions
Box Score MVP
Donovan Mitchell
CLE
37
PTS
1
REB
6
AST
+4
+/−
Game Performance
FG14-27 (51.9%)
3PT4-11
FT5-5
TS%63.4%
eFG%59.3%
BLK2
TOV2
ORTG133
DRTG133
NET+0
37 points4-11 from 36 contested shotsheld opponents to 41.7% FGonly 24 pts allowed on 70.7 possessions
Box Score
| HOU | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 30:31 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11-20 | 55% | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | -3 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 22:42 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-7 | 29% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -17 |
| Jeff Green | 23:38 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6-6 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 3-3 | 100% | +16 |
| Jalen Green | 34:15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2-12 | 17% | 1-4 | 25% | 7-7 | 100% | -16 |
| Tari Eason | 33:17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5-13 | 39% | 0-2 | 0% | 4-5 | 80% | -1 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Jock Landale | 4:10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| Aaron Holiday | 17:13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5-9 | 56% | 2-5 | 40% | 2-2 | 100% | +3 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 16:18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | -5 |
| Fred VanVleet | 45:16 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9-19 | 47% | 4-8 | 50% | 5-5 | 100% | +2 |
| Dillon Brooks | 37:40 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-12 | 50% | 3-7 | 43% | 1-2 | 50% | 0 |
| TOTAL | — | 130 | 47 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 47-102 | 46% | 12-33 | 36% | 24-27 | 89% | — |
Nate Williams —
Reggie Bullock Jr. —
Boban Marjanovic —
| CLE | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 45:25 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14-27 | 52% | 4-11 | 36% | 5-5 | 100% | +4 |
| Jarrett Allen | 28:36 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3-7 | 43% | 0-0 | 0% | 4-7 | 57% | -4 |
| Max Strus | 34:15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-13 | 39% | 3-9 | 33% | 4-5 | 80% | +2 |
| Sam Merrill | 24:03 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-11 | 55% | 5-10 | 50% | 2-2 | 100% | +13 |
| Craig Porter Jr. | 8:45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Georges Niang | 24:49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4-10 | 40% | 2-6 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | +10 |
| Dean Wade | 21:32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4-5 | 80% | 2-3 | 67% | 2-2 | 100% | -1 |
| Tristan Thompson | 17:42 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-8 | 25% | +2 |
| Isaac Okoro | 32:23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 57% | 1-2 | 50% | 2-3 | 67% | -2 |
| Caris LeVert | 27:30 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5-13 | 39% | 1-6 | 17% | 1-2 | 50% | -3 |
| TOTAL | — | 135 | 38 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 47-97 | 48% | 19-48 | 40% | 22-34 | 65% | — |
Damian Jones —
Emoni Bates —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
HOU47/102 (46%)
Paint
31/57 (54%)
Mid
10/22 (45%)
3PT
13/34 (38%)
RA 49%Paint 59%ATB3 50%Corner 3 17%Mid 20%
CLE47/97 (48%)
Paint
25/42 (60%)
Mid
4/7 (57%)
3PT
20/50 (40%)
ATB3 46%RA 60%Corner 3 23%Paint 50%Mid 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Donovan Mitchell
defended Dillon Brooks
6.4 min • 6 pts • 50%
Best Defender
Caris LeVert
held Tari Eason
2.6 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Sam Merrill
vs Jalen Green
3.2 min • 6 pts • 100%
| CLE Defense | Aaron Holiday | Alperen Sengun | Dillon Brooks | Fred VanVleet | Jabari Smith Jr. | Jae'Sean Tate | Jalen Green | Jeff Green | Jock Landale | Tari Eason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | — | — | 6.4m 6pts 50% | 1.6m 5pts 50% | 1.2m 4pts 33% | — | — | — | — | 6.2m 9pts 40% |
| Jarrett Allen | — | 2.1m 3pts 33% | 2.2m 4pts 67% | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 2.0m 2pts 100% | — | — | 3.6m 2pts 50% | — | — |
| Isaac Okoro | — | 5.4m 7pts 50% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.8m 2pts 50% | — | — | — |
| Caris LeVert | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 3.1m 5pts 40% | — | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 1.1m 2pts 100% | — | 2.6m 0pts 0% |
| Max Strus | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | 5.3m 4pts 50% | — | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Georges Niang | — | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 1.6m 2pts 100% | 2.4m 0pts 0% | 1.6m 5pts 67% | — | — | — |
| Sam Merrill | 1.8m 3pts 50% | — | — | — | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | 3.2m 6pts 100% | — | — | — |
| Dean Wade | — | 1.2m 2pts 50% | — | 1.5m 7pts 100% | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | 2.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Tristan Thompson | — | 1.5m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — |
| Craig Porter Jr. | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 3.3m 2pts 0% | 1.5m 12pts 63% | 2.1m 9pts 75% | — | 3.0m 14pts 100% | 1.3m 6pts 40% | 2.3m 7pts 100% | 3.7m 5pts 50% | 0.5m 5pts 100% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = CLE leads, negative = HOU leads
CLE Largest Lead
12
Q3 6:30
HOU Largest Lead
9
Q2 9:55
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CLE 8-0 run
Q1 2:10 – Q1 3:24
+2 → +9
HOU 8-0 run
Q1 5:34 – Q1 7:09
+5 → -1
CLE 8-0 run
Q1 11:21 – Q2 0:33
-3 → +2
CLE 8-0 run
Q2 1:47 – Q2 3:26
+3 → +8