Washington Wizards 86, Cleveland Cavaliers 92 — Recap

February 26, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 86, Cleveland Cavaliers 92. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 23-18 CLE; Q2 WAS 19-22 CLE; Q3 WAS 28-26 CLE; Q4 WAS 16-26 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 34 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (CLE) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Cedi Osman (CLE) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 18 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-8 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

34 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · CLE

Lauri Markkanen

23 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 6 3PM · 6-18 FG

Scoring · CLE

Cedi Osman

19 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Kyle Kuzma · Season-high 8 threesLauri Markkanen · Season-high 6 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
WAS	23	19	28	16		86
CLE	18	22	26	26		92

🧮 How They Scored

WASCLE

32Points in the paint44

12Fast-break points7

8Second-chance points17

17Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%43.4%

17.7%Turnover %12.2%

16.3%Offensive rebound %27.1%

0.074Free-throw rate0.289

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Kuzma F	39	34	13	2	1	2	4	13-22	8-11	0-0	-5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	34	13	0	3	1	1	2	4-10	0-2	5-5	-4
Corey Kispert F	34	2	7	2	1	2	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-11
Raul Neto G	25	4	1	6	2	0	1	2-10	0-1	0-0	-3
Daniel Gafford F	24	14	7	0	1	0	1	7-9	0-0	0-1	+1
Ish Smith G	23	5	5	3	0	1	2	2-10	1-2	0-0	-3
Deni Avdija F	23	0	5	2	1	0	3	0-4	0-2	0-0	+5
Rui Hachimura F	22	10	1	1	1	0	1	4-8	2-2	0-0	-5
Thomas Bryant C	16	4	3	0	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	-5

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Goodwin G	38	8	5	6	1	0	3	2-11	0-4	4-5	+7
Evan Mobley F-C	37	14	11	3	0	2	2	6-14	0-0	2-2	+3
Isaac Okoro F-G	37	6	4	3	2	0	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	+18
Lauri Markkanen F	35	23	6	1	0	1	1	6-18	6-9	5-6	+5
Jarrett Allen C	34	18	14	0	3	0	1	7-8	0-0	4-4	+11
Cedi Osman F	29	19	4	5	1	0	3	7-13	2-5	3-5	-2
Kevin Love F-C	14	4	5	3	1	1	2	1-10	0-5	2-2	-6
Dean Wade F	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-3
RJ Nembhard Jr. G	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	39	34	77.3	31.3	-5.4	28.8
Daniel Gafford	Bench	24	14	74.2	18.5	+6.0	15.4
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	34	13	53.3	19.4	-6.1	7.2
Rui Hachimura	Bench	22	10	62.5	19.6	-9.1	7.8
Ish Smith	Bench	23	5	25.0	25.0	-2.5	0.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	16	4	50.0	21.9	-16.1	0.9
Raul Neto	Bench	25	4	20.0	20.0	-8.4	2.3
Corey Kispert	Bench	34	2	25.0	6.7	-11.9	3.8
Deni Avdija	Bench	23	0	0.0	14.3	+13.1	-3.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	35	23	55.7	26.6	+4.7	15.6
Cedi Osman	Bench	29	19	62.5	29.0	-1.9	17.3
Jarrett Allen	Bench	34	18	92.2	13.9	+15.3	27.4
Evan Mobley	Bench	37	14	47.0	19.5	+1.6	12.4
Brandon Goodwin	Bench	38	8	30.3	18.6	+8.1	3.5
Isaac Okoro	Bench	37	6	42.9	9.3	+22.5	5.4
Kevin Love	Bench	14	4	18.4	37.1	-23.6	0.0
Dean Wade	Bench	12	0	0.0	6.7	-20.7	-1.3
RJ Nembhard Jr.	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	50.0