Cleveland Cavaliers 104, New Orleans Pelicans 108 — Recap

December 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 104, New Orleans Pelicans 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 39-20 NOP; Q2 CLE 19-28 NOP; Q3 CLE 25-28 NOP; Q4 CLE 21-32 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Ricky Rubio (CLE) 27 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-25 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Kevin Love (CLE) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Devonte' Graham (NOP) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Ricky Rubio

27 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 10-25 FG

Scoring · NOP

Herbert Jones

26 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · CLE

Kevin Love

24 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 7 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Herbert Jones · Season-high 26 pointsKevin Love · Season-high 24 pointsRicky Rubio · Season-high 13 reboundsKevin Love · Season-high 7 threesGarrett Temple · Season-high 5 threesGary Clark · 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	39	19	25	21		104
NOP	20	28	28	32		108

🧮 How They Scored

CLENOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%55.0%

6.8%Turnover %11.6%

23.4%Offensive rebound %20.5%

0.216Free-throw rate0.325

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ricky Rubio G	37	27	13	9	2	2	1	10-25	3-7	4-4	+2
Dean Wade F	33	3	6	3	0	1	0	1-7	1-6	0-0	-2
Kevin Love F-C	32	24	4	3	1	0	1	7-14	7-12	3-4	-1
Lauri Markkanen F	31	14	5	2	2	0	1	6-15	0-4	2-2	+4
Isaac Okoro F-G	31	6	2	3	1	0	3	2-6	0-1	2-4	-5
Evan Mobley F-C	30	22	7	0	0	0	1	9-12	1-2	3-3	-8
Denzel Valentine G	24	6	3	3	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-4
Justin Anderson G-F	14	2	1	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	-2
Kevin Pangos G	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-4

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Garrett Temple G-F	37	17	3	3	1	0	3	6-7	5-6	0-2	-1
Herbert Jones F	36	26	7	3	0	3	0	10-18	2-4	4-4	0
Devonte' Graham G	33	18	5	5	0	1	2	5-12	1-6	7-9	+3
Jonas Valanciunas C	30	15	10	2	0	1	4	4-11	1-2	6-8	+13
Gary Clark F	29	12	4	1	0	1	0	4-11	4-10	0-0	-7
Jaxson Hayes C	24	7	8	2	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	3-3	+22
Trey Murphy III F	20	3	1	0	1	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	-6
Tomas Satoransky G-F	17	3	2	5	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	+3
Jared Harper G	8	7	1	3	0	1	1	3-6	1-2	0-0	+1
Willy Hernangomez C	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ricky Rubio	Bench	37	27	50.4	34.6	+4.2	25.9
Kevin Love	Bench	32	24	76.1	23.6	-1.5	13.5
Evan Mobley	Bench	30	22	82.6	20.6	-15.3	19.8
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	31	14	44.1	25.8	+10.2	7.7
Isaac Okoro	Bench	31	6	38.7	15.7	-8.3	-3.0
Denzel Valentine	Bench	24	6	75.0	7.3	-10.4	5.5
Dean Wade	Bench	33	3	21.4	9.1	-3.0	2.7
Justin Anderson	Bench	14	2	34.7	9.7	-2.8	3.0
Kevin Pangos	Bench	9	0	0.0	15.8	-14.3	-1.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Herbert Jones	Bench	36	26	65.8	24.1	+1.5	18.0
Devonte' Graham	Bench	33	18	56.4	24.0	+6.4	11.1
Garrett Temple	Bench	37	17	107.9	13.3	-1.4	11.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	30	15	51.7	28.4	+22.0	10.9
Gary Clark	Bench	29	12	54.5	16.9	-10.4	10.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	24	7	65.8	11.1	+49.3	13.8
Jared Harper	Bench	8	7	58.3	41.2	-1.4	17.4
Trey Murphy III	Bench	20	3	37.5	9.3	-8.1	0.9
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	17	3	37.5	14.3	+14.2	8.8
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	6	0	0.0	21.4	-51.3	-4.8