Utah Jazz 123, Cleveland Cavaliers 112 — Recap

January 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 123, Cleveland Cavaliers 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 34-22 CLE; Q2 UTA 20-40 CLE; Q3 UTA 36-24 CLE; Q4 UTA 33-26 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Keyonte George (UTA) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (UTA) 28 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 15 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Keyonte George

32 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · UTA

Lauri Markkanen

28 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

23 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 7-17 FG

Season highs

Evan Mobley · Season-high 8 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

UTA 17 largest lead Q1 5:28 (UTA 21, CLE 4) · 10-0 run, Q1 10:07–Q1 7:38

CLE 10 largest lead Q3 11:46 (UTA 54, CLE 64) · 11-0 run, Q2 4:19–Q2 2:30

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Keyonte George makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cody Williams assists) (Q3 4:41, UTA 83, CLE 80).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
UTA	34	20	36	33		123
CLE	22	40	24	26		112

🧮 How They Scored

UTACLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

33Bench points31

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.0%Effective FG%53.8%

14.4%Turnover %11.7%

25.0%Offensive rebound %12.5%

0.337Free-throw rate0.141

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen F	36	28	12	2	1	1	1	8-16	3-8	9-12	+18
Keyonte George G	34	32	5	9	1	0	4	8-16	4-8	12-12	+6
Jusuf Nurkic C	30	11	17	3	3	2	1	4-9	1-1	2-2	+13
Svi Mykhailiuk G	26	11	1	3	0	0	3	4-7	3-6	0-0	+18
Brice Sensabaugh F	24	7	0	1	1	0	2	2-8	1-4	2-2	-5
Cody Williams F	21	8	3	2	0	0	2	3-7	2-5	0-0	+7
Isaiah Collier G	19	7	3	8	0	0	1	3-7	1-3	0-0	0
Kevin Love F-C	18	11	3	2	0	0	2	4-6	3-5	0-0	-2
Kyle Filipowski C	17	4	3	0	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+1
Airious Bailey F	15	4	3	2	0	1	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	-1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	34	23	2	8	3	1	3	7-17	5-9	4-4	-6
Donovan Mitchell G	34	21	3	2	1	0	0	7-18	4-9	3-3	-12
Evan Mobley F-C	34	15	9	8	2	3	1	6-11	1-4	2-2	-11
Jarrett Allen C	32	8	4	3	1	0	2	3-7	0-0	2-2	-6
Sam Merrill G	28	14	2	3	0	0	1	5-11	3-8	1-1	-10
Jaylon Tyson G-F	25	11	4	2	2	0	2	4-9	2-5	1-1	+5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	19	13	3	3	1	2	0	6-11	1-3	0-0	-3
De'Andre Hunter F	18	2	0	3	0	0	3	1-5	0-2	0-0	-2
Craig Porter G	16	5	3	1	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keyonte George	Starter	34	32	75.2	31.3	+9.7	21.9
Lauri Markkanen	Starter	36	28	65.8	24.4	+24.1	18.3
Svi Mykhailiuk	Starter	26	11	78.6	15.4	+34.5	4.1
Jusuf Nurkic	Starter	30	11	55.7	14.9	+22.8	20.5
Cody Williams	Starter	21	8	57.1	17.3	+16.7	3.3
Kevin Love	Bench	18	11	91.7	18.6	-5.1	10.7
Brice Sensabaugh	Bench	24	7	39.4	20.0	-5.8	-1.0
Isaiah Collier	Bench	19	7	50.0	17.0	-5.4	11.4
Kyle Filipowski	Bench	17	4	66.7	7.3	-0.6	6.2
Airious Bailey	Bench	15	4	50.0	10.5	-6.6	9.4
Kyle Anderson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Taylor Hendricks	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Walter Clayton Jr.	Bench	00	0	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
Darius Garland	Starter	34	23	61.3	28.2	-11.1	14.3
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	34	21	54.3	23.5	-19.6	8.4
Evan Mobley	Starter	34	15	63.1	15.9	-18.0	14.7
Sam Merrill	Starter	28	14	61.2	18.5	-20.8	5.0
Jarrett Allen	Starter	32	8	50.8	13.2	-9.9	5.4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	19	13	59.1	23.9	-4.4	15.3
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	25	11	58.3	18.3	+8.9	8.1
Craig Porter	Bench	16	5	83.3	10.5	-24.3	7.1
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	18	2	20.0	18.6	-5.1	-3.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0