Houston Rockets vs Cleveland Cavaliers 130-135 (OT) — Dec 18, 2023 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Houston

Rockets

130

–

135

FINAL/OTOT

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

Max Strus

CLE

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections1

Contested Shots3

Opp FG% When Defending14.3%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.09

Impact Composite82.7

Hustle: 6.5Defense: 75.9Impact: 0.3

held opponents to 14.3% FGonly 4 pts allowed on 42.2 possessions

Box Score MVP

Donovan Mitchell

CLE

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

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%	+/-
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
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
Alperen Sengun	30:31	24	8	4	6	1	0	4	5	11-20	55%	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	-3
BENCH
Jeff Green	23:38	15	1	0	3	0	1	1	3	6-6	100%	0-0	0%	3-3	100%	+16
Jabari Smith Jr.	22:42	5	7	3	0	0	0	2	4	2-7	29%	1-4	25%	0-0	0%	-17
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
Jock Landale	4:10	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
TOTAL	—	130	47	15	34	9	5	13	32	47-102	46%	12-33	36%	24-27	89%	—

Boban Marjanovic —

Reggie Bullock Jr. —

Nate Williams —

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
Max Strus	34:15	17	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	5-13	39%	3-9	33%	4-5	80%	+2
Isaac Okoro	32:23	11	7	4	6	0	1	0	1	4-7	57%	1-2	50%	2-3	67%	-2
Jarrett Allen	28:36	10	6	2	2	0	2	1	5	3-7	43%	0-0	0%	4-7	57%	-4
Caris LeVert	27:30	12	7	1	5	2	0	3	0	5-13	39%	1-6	17%	1-2	50%	-3
BENCH
Georges Niang	24:49	10	2	1	0	2	0	3	5	4-10	40%	2-6	33%	0-0	0%	+10
Sam Merrill	24:03	19	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	6-11	55%	5-10	50%	2-2	100%	+13
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
Craig Porter Jr.	8:45	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1-2	50%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	+4
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

Win Probability

CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

HOU

50/50

CLE

Highest Leverage Moments

MISS T. Thompson tip Layup

Q4 10:12

47.0%

100→53

F. VanVleet 28' 3PT (24 PTS) (A. Sengun 6 AST)

Q4 2:45

23.3%

82→59

M. Strus 28' 3PT (13 PTS) (D. Mitchell 5 AST)

Q4 3:14

21.8%

60→82

D. Mitchell 18' step back Jump Shot (35 PTS)

Q4 2:29

20.2%

59→79

D. Brooks 28' 3PT running (16 PTS) (F. VanVleet 16 AST)

Q4 3:34

18.8%

79→60

Houston Rockets 130 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 135 (OT) — December 18, 2023 Box Score