Cleveland Cavaliers 108, Houston Rockets 109 — Recap

January 22, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 108, Houston Rockets 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 32-39 HOU; Q2 CLE 21-22 HOU; Q3 CLE 30-33 HOU; Q4 CLE 25-15 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Fred VanVleet (HOU) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Ty Jerome (CLE) 18 points, 4 rebounds, null assists, 3 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Fred VanVleet

26 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

26 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

19 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 7-21 FG

Season highs

Steven Adams · Season-high 11 rebounds

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	32	21	30	25		108
HOU	39	22	33	15		109

🧮 How They Scored

CLEHOU

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.5%Effective FG%52.2%

11.1%Turnover %18.1%

35.3%Offensive rebound %45.5%

0.198Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	35	19	3	3	—	1	1	7-21	1-8	4-5	+19
Darius Garland G	33	26	2	5	3	—	3	10-21	3-6	3-8	-7
Jarrett Allen C	32	17	13	3	2	3	3	7-11	—	3-3	+2
Dean Wade F	31	8	8	3	2	1	—	3-8	2-7	—	+10
Ty Jerome G	25	18	4	—	3	—	3	6-12	3-7	3-3	+2
Sam Merrill G	23	7	5	3	—	—	1	3-9	1-6	—	—
Max Strus G	23	5	1	5	1	—	1	2-6	1-3	—	—
Georges Niang F	20	8	5	—	—	—	1	3-7	2-4	—	-12
Jaylon Tyson G-F	5	—	1	—	1	—	—	0-1	—	—	-13

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Fred VanVleet G	40	26	3	5	—	—	6	8-15	7-12	3-3	+8
Amen Thompson G-F	36	16	16	4	4	—	5	7-15	1-3	1-2	-10
Jalen Green G	33	10	2	5	—	—	3	4-16	2-6	—	-17
Dillon Brooks G-F	32	4	—	1	1	—	—	1-3	0-1	2-2	-2
Alperen Sengun F-C	29	18	11	4	—	1	3	7-13	0-1	4-6	+4
Cam Whitmore F	21	16	2	1	—	2	2	6-12	2-5	2-2	+13
Tari Eason F	20	12	6	2	3	—	1	4-10	3-5	1-1	+19
Steven Adams C	19	3	11	2	—	2	1	1-2	—	1-4	-2
Jae'Sean Tate F	10	4	2	1	—	—	1	2-5	0-1	—	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Bench	33	26	53.0	32.9	-10.3	12.1
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	35	19	40.9	27.6	+26.7	4.9
Ty Jerome	Bench	25	18	67.6	25.8	+4.1	18.4
Jarrett Allen	Bench	32	17	69.0	19.0	+4.8	20.7
Georges Niang	Bench	20	8	57.1	14.8	-28.6	6.2
Dean Wade	Bench	31	8	50.0	11.4	+18.4	9.5
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	7	38.9	17.9	-2.5	6.1
Max Strus	Bench	23	5	41.7	12.1	0.0	4.5
Craig Porter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	5	—	0.0	7.7	-100.0	20.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Fred VanVleet	Bench	40	26	79.7	22.0	+9.8	12.1
Alperen Sengun	Bench	29	18	57.5	26.8	+8.6	16.2
Amen Thompson	Bench	36	16	50.4	22.3	-14.3	14.8
Cam Whitmore	Bench	21	16	62.1	25.9	+31.0	14.5
Tari Eason	Bench	20	12	57.5	19.3	+46.1	17.1
Jalen Green	Bench	33	10	31.3	22.6	-25.4	-0.7
Dillon Brooks	Bench	32	4	51.5	5.2	-1.4	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	10	4	40.0	21.4	-44.4	10.7
Steven Adams	Bench	19	3	39.9	9.4	-5.4	12.6
Jeff Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0