Cleveland Cavaliers 111, Miami Heat 99 — Recap

December 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 111, Miami Heat 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 17-25 MIA; Q2 CLE 36-27 MIA; Q3 CLE 35-23 MIA; Q4 CLE 23-24 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 27 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Kyle Lowry (MIA) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Jimmy Butler (MIA) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-15 shooting; Caleb Martin (MIA) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

27 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

18 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 6-11 FG

Scoring · MIA

Kyle Lowry

17 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Donovan Mitchell · Season-high 13 reboundsKevin Love · Season-high 12 reboundsKevin Love · 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	17	36	35	23		111
MIA	25	27	23	24		99

🧮 How They Scored

CLEMIA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.6%Effective FG%48.0%

10.4%Turnover %17.2%

25.6%Offensive rebound %15.9%

0.286Free-throw rate0.200

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	36	27	13	6	1	—	5	9-17	3-8	6-8	+15
Max Strus G	34	11	7	1	1	—	—	4-17	2-11	1-1	+18
Darius Garland G	26	18	2	6	4	—	2	6-11	1-4	5-7	+20
Jarrett Allen C	25	6	9	1	1	—	—	3-9	—	0-2	-2
Dean Wade F	25	5	6	—	3	—	1	2-5	1-4	—	+23
Craig Porter G	23	8	3	4	2	1	—	3-7	—	2-4	+7
Isaac Okoro F-G	22	9	1	—	1	1	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	-12
Georges Niang F	20	13	3	2	—	—	2	5-9	3-4	—	-10
Sam Merrill G	10	9	3	1	—	—	—	3-5	3-5	—	-8

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jimmy Butler G-F	36	16	5	2	1	—	2	5-15	0-2	6-7	-5
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	35	14	3	3	—	1	3	7-13	0-2	—	+1
Caleb Martin F	34	15	6	4	—	2	1	6-15	3-8	0-2	-18
Kyle Lowry G	32	17	2	5	2	—	3	6-13	3-9	2-3	-8
Kevin Love F-C	28	14	12	3	1	1	1	5-9	4-8	—	+6
Duncan Robinson F	23	1	—	1	—	—	6	0-7	0-6	1-2	-25
Orlando Robinson C	20	5	8	3	—	1	1	2-3	—	1-1	-18

🔬 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	36	27	65.8	28.9	+16.7	23.2
Darius Garland	Bench	26	18	63.9	26.3	+40.9	20.6
Georges Niang	Bench	20	13	72.2	23.4	-25.5	13.1
Max Strus	Bench	34	11	31.5	21.3	+27.7	2.7
Isaac Okoro	Bench	22	9	92.2	11.3	-27.4	10.0
Sam Merrill	Bench	10	9	90.0	18.5	-34.8	23.9
Craig Porter	Bench	23	8	45.7	17.3	+17.7	11.1
Jarrett Allen	Bench	25	6	30.4	17.2	-3.8	7.4
Dean Wade	Bench	25	5	50.0	10.0	+42.7	8.7

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Lowry	Bench	32	17	59.4	22.4	-14.3	12.6
Jimmy Butler	Bench	36	16	44.2	24.1	-5.3	7.4
Caleb Martin	Bench	34	15	47.2	21.0	-26.7	6.8
Kevin Love	Bench	28	14	77.8	15.4	+11.6	23.3
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	35	14	53.8	20.0	+1.4	6.2
Orlando Robinson	Bench	20	5	72.7	8.7	-45.0	13.7
Duncan Robinson	Bench	23	1	6.3	26.4	-54.3	-18.1
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jamal Cain	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0