Houston Rockets 89, Cleveland Cavaliers 124 — Recap

December 15, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 89, Cleveland Cavaliers 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 16-35 CLE; Q2 HOU 22-34 CLE; Q3 HOU 25-31 CLE; Q4 HOU 26-24 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Darius Garland (CLE) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Isaac Okoro (CLE) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 19 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-14 shooting; Josh Christopher (HOU) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Dean Wade (CLE) 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Darius Garland

21 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · CLE

Isaac Okoro

20 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 7-9 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

19 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Ricky Rubio · Season-high 12 assistsAlperen Sengun · Season-high 11 reboundsDean Wade · Season-high 10 rebounds

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
HOU	16	22	25	26		89
CLE	35	34	31	24		124

🧮 How They Scored

HOUCLE

50Points in the paint54

8Fast-break points9

17Second-chance points9

22Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.7%Effective FG%67.5%

14.6%Turnover %14.2%

22.2%Offensive rebound %22.5%

0.449Free-throw rate0.300

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jae'Sean Tate F	29	12	6	1	3	0	2	4-10	2-2	2-2	-19
Garrison Mathews G	29	1	3	1	0	0	0	0-6	0-6	1-2	-30
Alperen Sengun F-C	28	19	11	5	2	1	2	7-14	0-2	5-6	-12
Josh Christopher G	27	17	1	4	1	0	4	5-11	1-4	6-10	-22
David Nwaba G	27	11	5	0	0	0	0	5-9	0-1	1-1	-10
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	26	14	3	0	2	0	1	4-10	1-4	5-8	-24
Armoni Brooks G	22	3	1	3	1	0	2	1-6	1-6	0-0	-22
Daniel Theis F	18	5	6	1	1	0	2	2-7	0-2	1-2	-24
D.J. Augustin G	17	4	1	4	1	0	3	1-3	0-1	2-2	-18
Usman Garuba F	17	3	4	1	2	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	+6

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dean Wade F	34	16	10	1	0	0	1	6-8	3-5	1-2	+20
Darius Garland G	25	21	2	3	0	0	1	7-11	3-6	4-4	+30
Isaac Okoro F-G	22	20	3	0	1	0	1	7-9	3-3	3-4	+21
Ricky Rubio G	21	7	2	12	4	0	2	2-6	0-3	3-3	+30
Lamar Stevens F	21	5	5	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-2
Lauri Markkanen F	19	12	2	1	0	0	1	5-10	2-5	0-0	+13
Ed Davis C	19	4	3	0	0	2	0	2-2	0-0	0-2	+11
Cedi Osman F	18	8	1	1	1	0	3	3-8	1-5	1-4	+10
Jarrett Allen C	18	6	9	4	0	2	3	3-8	0-0	0-1	+16
Kevin Love F-C	15	15	6	0	0	1	2	4-6	3-5	4-4	+24
Kevin Pangos G	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Dylan Windler G-F	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+2
Denzel Valentine G	8	3	0	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alperen Sengun	Bench	28	19	57.1	27.3	-21.4	19.3
Josh Christopher	Bench	27	17	55.2	31.7	-40.7	6.5
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	26	14	51.8	24.2	-45.3	8.5
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	29	12	55.1	18.6	-32.8	12.7
David Nwaba	Bench	27	11	58.3	14.1	-18.2	7.0
Daniel Theis	Bench	18	5	31.7	23.3	-60.1	3.4
D.J. Augustin	Bench	17	4	51.5	17.1	-50.5	5.0
Armoni Brooks	Bench	22	3	25.0	15.7	-48.9	-1.7
Usman Garuba	Bench	17	3	52.1	7.1	+20.7	9.5
Garrison Mathews	Bench	29	1	7.3	10.0	-49.2	-5.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Bench	25	21	82.3	19.7	+53.1	20.3
Isaac Okoro	Bench	22	20	92.9	23.1	+48.4	21.9
Dean Wade	Bench	34	16	90.1	13.2	+29.4	18.3
Kevin Love	Bench	15	15	96.6	27.8	+68.4	24.6
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	19	12	60.0	23.9	+33.9	10.1
Cedi Osman	Bench	18	8	41.0	30.8	+29.1	-4.6
Ricky Rubio	Bench	21	7	47.8	18.8	+62.2	21.4
Jarrett Allen	Bench	18	6	35.5	24.4	+42.1	9.0
Dylan Windler	Bench	8	5	50.0	33.3	+14.3	-4.5
Lamar Stevens	Bench	21	5	62.5	9.8	-5.1	13.1
Ed Davis	Bench	19	4	69.4	7.7	+32.4	3.8
Denzel Valentine	Bench	8	3	75.0	20.0	+14.3	9.1
Kevin Pangos	Bench	12	2	100.0	4.3	-15.7	7.8