Cleveland Cavaliers 116, New Orleans Pelicans 95 — Recap

March 13, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 116, New Orleans Pelicans 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 30-22 NOP; Q2 CLE 23-23 NOP; Q3 CLE 34-23 NOP; Q4 CLE 29-27 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 33 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists on 13-of-21 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-13 shooting; Georges Niang (CLE) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

33 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST · 13-21 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

27 PTS, 6 REB, 11 AST, 6 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

20 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Sam Merrill · Season-high 9 assists

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	30	23	34	29		116
NOP	22	23	23	27		95

🧮 How They Scored

CLENOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.8%Effective FG%46.3%

8.8%Turnover %10.7%

16.3%Offensive rebound %17.5%

0.037Free-throw rate0.325

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	34	27	6	11	2	1	1	10-16	6-10	1-1	—
Isaac Okoro F-G	33	7	7	2	—	—	1	3-8	1-4	—	—
Jarrett Allen C	31	17	10	1	—	2	1	8-13	—	1-2	—
Caris LeVert G	30	2	5	9	1	—	1	1-6	0-3	—	—
Georges Niang F	28	16	6	1	—	—	—	6-12	4-8	—	—
Sam Merrill G	28	15	2	9	—	—	1	5-10	5-10	—	—
Donovan Mitchell G	28	14	4	5	—	1	2	5-16	4-9	—	—
Craig Porter G	4	2	—	—	—	—	1	1-1	—	—	—

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	35	33	9	1	1	—	2	13-21	—	7-9	—
Brandon Ingram F	32	20	5	5	1	—	2	8-14	0-1	4-5	—
CJ McCollum G	29	8	3	1	—	2	1	3-10	0-5	2-2	—
Trey Murphy III F	27	11	1	3	—	1	2	4-10	1-6	2-2	—
Naji Marshall F	26	7	5	2	1	—	1	2-7	1-5	2-2	—
Herbert Jones F	26	3	5	3	2	3	1	—	—	3-4	—
Jose Alvarado G	19	5	2	—	—	—	—	2-4	1-1	—	—
Larry Nance Jr. F	17	—	5	3	2	—	1	0-2	—	—	—
Jonas Valanciunas C	15	5	7	2	—	—	1	2-7	1-2	—	—
Jordan Hawkins G	5	3	—	—	—	—	—	1-4	0-1	1-2	—
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	4	—	1	2	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	—

🔬 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	34	27	82.1	22.1	+33.7	23.4
Jarrett Allen	Bench	31	17	61.2	21.4	+8.0	14.2
Georges Niang	Bench	28	16	66.7	18.8	+24.4	9.2
Sam Merrill	Bench	28	15	75.0	18.0	+51.7	15.7
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	28	14	43.8	28.1	-14.5	6.6
Isaac Okoro	Bench	33	7	43.8	12.3	+7.5	3.0
Caris LeVert	Bench	30	2	16.7	10.6	+42.3	7.3
Craig Porter	Bench	04	2	100.0	25.0	-28.6	5.9
Ty Jerome	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dean Wade	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	35	33	66.1	33.3	-34.1	18.0
Brandon Ingram	Bench	32	20	61.7	25.4	0.0	14.1
Trey Murphy III	Bench	27	11	50.6	22.4	-40.1	4.0
CJ McCollum	Bench	29	8	36.8	18.5	+8.3	3.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	26	7	44.4	15.8	-45.4	7.5
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	15	5	35.7	21.6	-39.8	8.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	19	5	62.5	9.3	-72.7	4.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	26	3	85.2	5.6	+16.4	6.1
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	05	3	30.7	45.5	+18.9	-4.5
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	17	—	0.0	7.9	-43.8	9.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	04	—	0.0	9.1	+18.9	6.8