Cleveland Cavaliers 107, Boston Celtics 116 — Recap

December 14, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 107, Boston Celtics 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 24-33 BOS; Q2 CLE 30-32 BOS; Q3 CLE 33-25 BOS; Q4 CLE 20-26 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 27 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Caris LeVert (CLE) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

31 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

27 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · CLE

Caris LeVert

26 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG

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	24	30	33	20		107
BOS	33	32	25	26		116

🧮 How They Scored

CLEBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%59.1%

14.4%Turnover %12.6%

21.1%Offensive rebound %31.0%

0.207Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	40	31	8	6	1	—	3	12-24	2-8	5-5	-11
Jarrett Allen C	39	8	10	3	—	—	3	4-7	—	—	-1
Darius Garland G	36	19	2	3	2	—	5	8-19	3-7	—	-11
Caris LeVert G	35	26	3	5	3	1	1	9-16	3-6	5-6	-1
Max Strus G	31	5	4	2	—	—	1	2-5	1-4	—	-4
Georges Niang F	22	4	2	—	—	—	1	1-4	0-2	2-2	-7
Isaac Okoro F-G	18	7	4	2	1	—	1	2-2	1-1	2-2	+4
Dean Wade F	16	5	4	—	—	—	—	1-5	1-5	2-2	-11

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jrue Holiday G	37	15	3	4	—	—	2	7-11	1-3	—	+11
Jayson Tatum F	36	27	11	3	—	3	3	9-22	3-10	6-8	+2
Jaylen Brown G	36	22	5	5	2	—	2	10-20	2-5	—	+4
Derrick White G	35	14	5	3	3	—	3	5-10	2-4	2-2	+9
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	31	18	6	—	1	2	3	5-11	1-6	7-8	-1
Al Horford C-F	24	7	10	3	—	1	—	3-4	1-2	—	+9
Sam Hauser F	18	9	—	1	—	—	—	3-3	3-3	—	+9
Payton Pritchard G	14	—	3	2	—	1	—	0-1	0-1	—	+1

🔬 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	40	31	59.2	32.2	-12.2	15.2
Caris LeVert	Bench	35	26	69.7	26.0	+0.3	16.2
Darius Garland	Bench	36	19	50.0	29.3	-12.2	5.9
Jarrett Allen	Bench	39	8	57.1	11.4	-1.3	7.6
Isaac Okoro	Bench	18	7	121.5	10.8	+4.5	11.2
Max Strus	Bench	31	5	50.0	7.7	-7.8	0.7
Dean Wade	Bench	16	5	42.5	16.2	-30.8	7.8
Georges Niang	Bench	22	4	41.0	12.5	-15.9	0.0
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
Jayson Tatum	Bench	36	27	52.9	35.4	+2.7	15.1
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	22	55.0	25.6	+0.4	10.4
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	31	18	62.0	23.6	-1.6	8.8
Jrue Holiday	Bench	37	15	68.2	15.7	+14.7	8.0
Derrick White	Bench	35	14	64.3	16.7	+7.4	9.6
Sam Hauser	Bench	18	9	150.0	7.0	+18.1	10.9
Al Horford	Bench	24	7	87.5	7.1	+12.9	20.7
Luke Kornet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	14	—	0.0	3.0	+3.3	8.2