Cleveland Cavaliers 126, Orlando Magic 99 — Recap

January 22, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 126, Orlando Magic 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 38-19 ORL; Q2 CLE 34-28 ORL; Q3 CLE 35-27 ORL; Q4 CLE 19-25 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Sam Merrill (CLE) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 8 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Franz Wagner (ORL) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Moritz Wagner (ORL) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Sam Merrill

26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 8 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

25 PTS, 3 REB, 13 AST, 3 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · ORL

Paolo Banchero

18 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 6-14 FG

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	38	34	35	19		126
ORL	19	28	27	25		99

🧮 How They Scored

CLEORL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

71.1%Effective FG%58.1%

9.2%Turnover %16.2%

25.8%Offensive rebound %24.2%

0.254Free-throw rate0.387

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Sam Merrill G	31	26	3	1	1	—	1	8-13	8-13	2-2	—
Donovan Mitchell G	30	25	3	13	4	—	3	9-19	3-8	4-4	—
Georges Niang F	29	11	5	—	—	1	—	3-9	2-7	3-4	—
Jarrett Allen C	27	14	11	4	—	2	2	6-8	—	2-4	—
Max Strus G	27	10	4	4	1	—	1	4-7	2-4	—	—
Dean Wade F	24	9	3	1	2	—	—	3-4	3-3	—	—
Craig Porter G	22	12	3	5	—	—	1	5-7	—	2-2	—
Isaac Okoro F-G	20	8	1	—	—	—	—	3-4	1-1	1-2	—

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero F	29	18	3	6	—	—	2	6-14	1-4	5-9	—
Wendell Carter Jr. F	27	10	9	1	2	—	1	4-9	1-2	1-2	—
Jalen Suggs G	25	6	2	3	2	—	3	2-5	2-4	—	—
Franz Wagner F	24	17	3	2	—	—	3	6-11	2-5	3-3	—
Caleb Houstan G	24	6	2	—	—	—	1	2-3	2-3	—	—
Moritz Wagner C	18	15	4	1	—	—	—	4-8	1-1	6-8	—
Anthony Black G	18	7	1	2	1	—	—	3-6	0-1	1-2	—
Joe Ingles F	15	2	4	2	1	—	2	1-1	—	—	—
Cole Anthony G	13	5	2	2	—	—	2	2-4	1-1	—	—
Goga Bitadze C	9	2	1	1	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	—

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Sam Merrill	Bench	31	26	93.7	22.7	+21.4	17.5
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	30	25	60.2	33.8	+58.2	21.3
Jarrett Allen	Bench	27	14	71.7	18.3	+36.9	14.0
Craig Porter	Bench	22	12	76.1	20.0	+3.0	17.0
Georges Niang	Bench	29	11	51.1	19.0	+24.7	6.4
Max Strus	Bench	27	10	71.4	13.3	+27.6	11.0
Dean Wade	Bench	24	9	112.5	7.4	+46.1	9.8
Isaac Okoro	Bench	20	8	82.0	11.1	+39.9	3.2
Caris LeVert	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ty Jerome	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paolo Banchero	Bench	29	18	50.1	30.3	-39.7	7.7
Franz Wagner	Bench	24	17	69.0	26.8	-55.6	9.5
Moritz Wagner	Bench	18	15	65.1	30.0	-33.2	18.1
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	27	10	50.6	18.6	-42.3	8.5
Anthony Black	Bench	18	7	50.9	16.3	-47.4	7.3
Jalen Suggs	Bench	25	6	60.0	13.8	-44.3	4.4
Caleb Houstan	Bench	24	6	100.0	8.2	-5.3	4.1
Cole Anthony	Bench	13	5	62.5	21.4	-48.5	7.3
Joe Ingles	Bench	15	2	100.0	8.8	-37.3	6.4
Goga Bitadze	Bench	09	2	100.0	6.3	+26.7	9.1