Toronto Raptors 99, Cleveland Cavaliers 144 — Recap

December 26, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Toronto Raptors 99, Cleveland Cavaliers 144. Scoring by quarter: Q1 TOR 34-35 CLE; Q2 TOR 21-37 CLE; Q3 TOR 23-46 CLE; Q4 TOR 21-26 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Yuta Watanabe (TOR) 26 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Kevin Love (CLE) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Chris Boucher (TOR) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-19 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (CLE) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · TOR

Yuta Watanabe

26 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · CLE

Kevin Love

22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 7-12 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

22 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Yuta Watanabe · Season-high 26 pointsChris Boucher · Season-high 21 pointsYuta Watanabe · Season-high 13 reboundsDenzel Valentine · Season-high 5 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
TOR	34	21	23	21		99
CLE	35	37	46	26		144

🧮 How They Scored

TORCLE

40Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points8

15Second-chance points19

13Points off turnovers34

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.6%Effective FG%63.2%

17.5%Turnover %9.7%

22.0%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.258Free-throw rate0.113

Box Score

Toronto Raptors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Yuta Watanabe G	37	26	13	1	0	1	5	11-20	2-5	2-3	-33
Svi Mykhailiuk G	36	10	5	4	2	1	2	4-12	1-4	1-2	-39
Tremont Waters G	35	8	3	6	3	0	4	3-11	2-8	0-0	-23
D.J. Wilson F	34	15	8	4	5	1	2	6-8	0-1	3-4	-25
Chris Boucher F	28	21	5	2	1	0	5	6-19	2-10	7-9	-30
Juwan Morgan F	27	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-25
Dalano Banton G	24	7	3	6	0	0	3	3-12	1-5	0-0	-34
Daniel Oturu C	20	7	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	3-5	-16

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Justin Anderson G-F	31	7	5	4	1	0	2	3-5	1-3	0-0	+31
Darius Garland G	29	22	4	8	2	0	4	9-17	3-9	1-1	+37
Dean Wade F	28	17	3	2	1	0	0	7-12	2-5	1-1	+28
Denzel Valentine G	26	17	9	2	2	0	0	6-11	5-9	0-0	+19
Ricky Rubio G	23	16	2	6	3	0	2	6-13	2-6	2-2	+21
Lauri Markkanen F	22	20	7	1	0	1	2	9-13	1-3	1-1	+17
Kevin Love F-C	18	22	9	2	1	0	1	7-12	6-9	2-2	+18
Kevin Pangos G	16	6	0	6	1	0	0	2-6	2-6	0-0	+24
Luke Kornet F-C	13	4	3	0	0	1	0	1-5	0-1	2-3	+15
RJ Nembhard Jr. G	12	4	1	6	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+5
Tacko Fall C	11	3	7	2	0	2	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	+11
Trevon Scott F	9	6	2	0	1	1	0	3-6	0-1	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Toronto RaptorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Yuta Watanabe	Bench	37	26	61.0	26.5	-38.4	12.0
Chris Boucher	Bench	28	21	45.7	37.3	-44.8	3.9
D.J. Wilson	Bench	34	15	76.8	13.6	-33.8	15.0
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	36	10	38.8	16.5	-43.9	3.9
Tremont Waters	Bench	35	8	36.4	17.4	-32.8	3.7
Daniel Oturu	Bench	20	7	56.5	14.3	-33.6	5.7
Dalano Banton	Bench	24	7	29.2	23.8	-58.2	1.9
Juwan Morgan	Bench	27	5	83.3	4.5	-43.1	4.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Love	Bench	18	22	85.4	28.6	+37.0	24.0
Darius Garland	Bench	29	22	63.1	26.6	+52.4	15.9
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	22	20	74.4	25.9	+34.6	15.2
Dean Wade	Bench	28	17	68.3	16.0	+43.7	9.6
Denzel Valentine	Bench	26	17	77.3	16.2	+32.8	19.4
Ricky Rubio	Bench	23	16	57.6	25.8	+38.4	12.3
Justin Anderson	Bench	31	7	70.0	8.8	+47.0	6.9
Kevin Pangos	Bench	16	6	50.0	13.6	+61.1	9.1
Trevon Scott	Bench	9	6	50.0	25.0	-0.7	13.3
Luke Kornet	Bench	13	4	31.6	15.8	+44.6	0.9
RJ Nembhard Jr.	Bench	12	4	50.0	13.3	+23.2	19.3
Tacko Fall	Bench	11	3	52.1	14.8	+50.0	16.9