Cleveland Cavaliers 122, Los Angeles Lakers 110 — Recap

December 31, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 122, Los Angeles Lakers 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 34-30 LAL; Q2 CLE 24-23 LAL; Q3 CLE 29-25 LAL; Q4 CLE 35-32 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Austin Reaves (LAL) 35 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 28 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 27 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists on 12-of-14 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Austin Reaves

35 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · LAL

Anthony Davis

28 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · CLE

Jarrett Allen

27 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST · 12-14 FG

Season highs

Austin Reaves · Season-high 35 pointsJarrett Allen · Season-high 27 pointsDarius Garland · Season-high 14 assistsMax Strus · 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	34	24	29	35		122
LAL	30	23	25	32		110

🧮 How They Scored

CLELAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.1%Effective FG%49.4%

9.9%Turnover %7.7%

25.6%Offensive rebound %17.4%

0.183Free-throw rate0.216

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	32	26	4	4	—	—	3	8-20	6-13	4-5	+9
Evan Mobley F-C	32	20	6	1	1	1	2	8-14	2-4	2-2	+7
Darius Garland G	32	14	2	14	2	1	3	5-16	2-8	2-2	+10
Jarrett Allen C	31	27	14	1	1	3	1	12-14	—	3-4	+12
Max Strus G	26	15	3	4	—	2	—	5-9	4-8	1-1	+5
Dean Wade F	24	3	9	2	—	—	—	1-4	0-3	1-1	+9
Caris LeVert G	23	3	1	2	1	1	1	1-4	1-3	—	+4
Georges Niang F	18	9	3	1	—	—	—	3-5	2-3	1-2	-3
Ty Jerome G	14	5	6	2	—	—	1	2-6	1-3	—	+6
Sam Merrill G	8	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	+1

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves G	38	35	9	10	1	—	4	11-20	1-4	12-13	-3
Anthony Davis F-C	37	28	13	4	3	2	1	12-23	2-4	2-2	-6
LeBron James F	34	23	4	7	—	1	2	9-17	3-6	2-2	-11
Rui Hachimura F	30	7	5	—	1	—	1	3-10	0-3	1-2	-17
Max Christie G	28	5	1	2	1	—	—	2-6	1-5	—	-17
Dalton Knecht F	22	4	3	1	—	—	—	2-8	0-5	—	-3
Dorian Finney-Smith F	20	2	2	2	—	—	—	1-4	0-2	—	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jarrett Allen	Bench	31	27	85.7	20.8	+19.6	22.1
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	32	26	58.6	33.3	+11.8	11.5
Evan Mobley	Bench	32	20	67.2	23.0	+8.8	12.1
Max Strus	Bench	26	15	79.4	15.3	+9.4	11.7
Darius Garland	Bench	32	14	41.5	25.0	+12.6	9.5
Georges Niang	Bench	18	9	76.5	15.8	-5.3	13.4
Ty Jerome	Bench	14	5	41.7	21.9	+20.7	8.8
Caris LeVert	Bench	23	3	37.5	9.6	+8.5	1.5
Dean Wade	Bench	24	3	33.8	6.3	+12.6	6.2
Sam Merrill	Bench	8	—	0.0	6.3	+6.7	-6.6
Craig Porter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Austin Reaves	Bench	38	35	68.0	31.5	-3.7	18.8
Anthony Davis	Bench	37	28	58.6	27.8	-6.0	17.5
LeBron James	Bench	34	23	64.3	25.0	-20.7	13.6
Rui Hachimura	Bench	30	7	32.2	16.9	-22.8	1.0
Max Christie	Bench	28	5	41.7	8.5	-27.4	1.3
Dalton Knecht	Bench	22	4	25.0	14.5	-6.7	1.8
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	20	2	25.0	8.0	+16.7	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0