Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Boston Celtics 120 — Recap

December 12, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Boston Celtics 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 31-21 BOS; Q2 CLE 29-38 BOS; Q3 CLE 32-35 BOS; Q4 CLE 21-26 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

29 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

26 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

25 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-19 FG

Season highs

Darius Garland · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	31	29	32	21		113
BOS	21	38	35	26		120

🧮 How They Scored

CLEBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.7%Effective FG%56.0%

11.2%Turnover %12.0%

8.3%Offensive rebound %30.0%

0.099Free-throw rate0.310

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	38	26	2	7	1	—	2	11-23	4-8	—	-3
Max Strus G	37	17	9	3	—	—	1	6-15	5-11	—	+1
Jarrett Allen C	37	14	5	5	3	2	2	6-9	—	2-5	+4
Donovan Mitchell G	35	29	6	3	1	—	3	11-22	5-13	2-2	+6
Caris LeVert G	23	11	2	3	—	1	2	5-11	1-4	—	-5
Georges Niang F	23	3	2	1	—	—	1	1-1	1-1	—	-14
Dean Wade F	20	8	3	3	—	1	—	2-6	2-6	2-2	+2
Isaac Okoro F-G	16	3	2	1	1	—	1	1-4	1-2	—	-15

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	25	10	5	—	2	4	7-19	2-9	9-9	+9
Derrick White G	37	17	4	4	1	2	1	5-9	5-8	2-2	-6
Jaylen Brown G	35	25	2	4	1	1	3	10-17	1-5	4-4	-6
Jrue Holiday G	34	11	4	2	3	1	1	4-7	3-5	—	+2
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	32	21	10	3	1	2	3	5-16	2-6	9-9	-3
Al Horford C-F	22	2	5	1	1	—	—	1-3	0-2	—	+13
Sam Hauser F	20	9	3	1	—	—	—	3-5	3-4	—	+14
Payton Pritchard G	12	6	3	3	2	1	1	2-5	2-5	—	+10
Luke Kornet F-C	8	4	4	—	—	—	—	1-3	—	2-2	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	35	29	63.4	31.7	+9.7	14.8
Darius Garland	Bench	38	26	56.5	28.1	-5.6	11.2
Max Strus	Bench	37	17	56.7	18.2	+1.3	9.1
Jarrett Allen	Bench	37	14	62.5	15.5	+6.7	9.1
Caris LeVert	Bench	23	11	50.0	26.0	-16.3	7.9
Dean Wade	Bench	20	8	58.1	13.5	+7.0	7.2
Georges Niang	Bench	23	3	150.0	3.9	-28.6	3.7
Isaac Okoro	Bench	16	3	37.5	13.9	-43.6	2.6
Sam Merrill	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Craig Porter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	35	25	66.6	26.2	-8.2	13.2
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	25	54.4	28.7	+11.0	11.4
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	32	21	52.6	30.7	-4.5	14.4
Derrick White	Bench	37	17	86.0	12.6	-9.3	11.0
Jrue Holiday	Bench	34	11	78.6	10.0	+2.9	8.3
Sam Hauser	Bench	20	9	90.0	11.4	+33.3	11.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	12	6	60.0	21.4	+36.2	17.1
Luke Kornet	Bench	8	4	51.5	18.2	+11.8	9.7
Al Horford	Bench	22	2	33.3	5.5	+21.0	5.9
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0