Milwaukee Bucks 119, Cleveland Cavaliers 111 — Recap

December 29, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 119, Cleveland Cavaliers 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 31-37 CLE; Q2 MIL 21-22 CLE; Q3 MIL 40-21 CLE; Q4 MIL 27-31 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 34 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists on 14-of-22 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-23 shooting; Damian Lillard (MIL) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 30 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists on 15-of-17 shooting; Craig Porter (CLE) 14 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

34 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST · 14-22 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

34 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 2 3PM · 14-23 FG

Scoring · MIL

Damian Lillard

31 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Jarrett Allen · Season-high 30 pointsKhris Middleton · Season-high 11 assistsBrook Lopez · 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
MIL	31	21	40	27		119
CLE	37	22	21	31		111

🧮 How They Scored

MILCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.4%Effective FG%50.5%

11.8%Turnover %7.1%

21.2%Offensive rebound %13.9%

0.400Free-throw rate0.069

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	37	34	16	5	1	—	3	14-22	0-1	6-7	+12
Brook Lopez C	36	9	10	2	—	6	—	4-10	1-3	—	+9
Damian Lillard G	34	31	2	4	—	—	2	9-16	2-6	11-11	+14
Khris Middleton F	33	13	3	11	3	—	4	4-10	1-3	4-4	+7
Bobby Portis F	23	9	5	1	1	—	—	2-6	1-2	4-6	-5
Pat Connaughton G	23	3	1	3	—	—	1	1-3	1-3	—	+6
MarJon Beauchamp F	11	5	1	—	—	—	—	2-3	1-2	—	+1
Andre Jackson Jr. G	3	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	-7

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarrett Allen C	40	30	12	6	—	2	—	15-17	—	—	-12
Donovan Mitchell G	36	34	6	9	2	1	2	14-23	2-10	4-4	+3
Max Strus G	36	12	4	2	4	2	1	5-18	2-11	—	-5
Isaac Okoro F-G	30	8	2	3	1	1	1	3-5	0-1	2-2	-10
Caris LeVert G	28	6	1	4	1	—	2	3-14	0-6	—	-3
Dean Wade F	17	—	5	1	1	—	2	0-3	0-2	—	-8
Craig Porter G	15	14	1	1	1	—	—	6-10	1-3	1-1	—
Sam Merrill G	15	3	—	1	—	—	—	1-4	1-4	—	-1
Georges Niang F	14	2	—	—	1	1	—	1-7	0-6	—	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	37	34	67.8	32.2	+15.2	22.7
Damian Lillard	Bench	34	31	74.4	29.1	+21.3	14.3
Khris Middleton	Bench	33	13	55.3	20.5	+9.7	12.2
Brook Lopez	Bench	36	9	45.0	12.3	+13.2	8.2
Bobby Portis	Bench	23	9	52.1	16.7	-7.8	6.7
MarJon Beauchamp	Bench	11	5	83.3	12.0	-1.5	4.9
Pat Connaughton	Bench	23	3	50.0	7.8	+16.8	3.7
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
A.J. Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Andre Jackson Jr.	Bench	3	—	0.0	16.7	-116.7	-20.0
Chris Livingston	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	36	34	68.7	31.0	+5.3	21.4
Jarrett Allen	Bench	40	30	88.2	17.9	-14.0	20.5
Craig Porter	Bench	15	14	67.0	28.6	0.0	16.8
Max Strus	Bench	36	12	33.3	21.8	-6.5	3.2
Isaac Okoro	Bench	30	8	68.0	9.9	-14.1	5.4
Caris LeVert	Bench	28	6	21.4	23.2	-3.1	-2.5
Sam Merrill	Bench	15	3	37.5	10.8	-3.0	0.0
Georges Niang	Bench	14	2	14.3	20.0	-22.2	-9.2
Ty Jerome	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dean Wade	Bench	17	—	0.0	11.4	-17.4	1.0