Washington Wizards 87, Cleveland Cavaliers 118 — Recap

December 3, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 87, Cleveland Cavaliers 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 20-35 CLE; Q2 WAS 22-25 CLE; Q3 WAS 25-26 CLE; Q4 WAS 20-32 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Evan Mobley (CLE) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Georges Niang (CLE) 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Sam Merrill (CLE) 14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (WAS) 13 points, 11 rebounds, null assists on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Evan Mobley

19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 6-12 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

19 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 6-15 FG

Scoring · CLE

Georges Niang

14 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 6-9 FG

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	20	22	25	20		87
CLE	35	25	26	32		118

🧮 How They Scored

WASCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.4%Effective FG%56.5%

20.2%Turnover %9.4%

21.7%Offensive rebound %14.6%

0.362Free-throw rate0.294

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	36	13	7	2	—	—	5	5-12	2-6	1-1	-20
Bilal Coulibaly G	31	6	7	4	2	—	1	1-7	0-1	4-5	-23
Alexandre Sarr C	27	10	9	2	1	2	4	4-10	1-4	1-2	-19
Jordan Poole G	24	13	1	4	—	—	5	4-11	1-4	4-6	-25
Jonas Valanciunas C	19	13	11	—	1	1	1	5-9	—	3-4	-13
Anthony Gill F	18	4	2	—	—	—	—	2-3	0-1	0-1	-11
KyShawn George F	11	—	6	2	—	1	—	0-2	0-2	—	-5
Corey Kispert F	9	4	2	2	—	1	—	1-4	0-1	2-2	+3
Marvin Bagley III F	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	-8

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley F-C	31	19	10	2	—	2	2	6-12	1-2	6-8	+23
Isaac Okoro F-G	30	9	5	3	1	1	1	3-8	2-5	1-1	+22
Donovan Mitchell G	28	19	5	7	3	—	1	6-15	4-8	3-3	+27
Georges Niang F	26	14	6	1	—	—	—	6-9	2-5	—	+17
Jarrett Allen C	25	11	3	1	2	—	2	5-6	0-1	1-2	+17
Caris LeVert G	24	10	2	3	1	—	2	3-9	1-4	3-7	+4
Sam Merrill G	23	14	3	6	2	1	—	5-10	4-9	—	+16
Dean Wade F	19	—	6	1	1	—	—	0-5	0-5	0-2	+1
Darius Garland G	17	12	—	3	1	—	2	4-7	2-5	2-2	+16
Jaylon Tyson G-F	6	2	2	1	—	—	—	1-3	0-1	—	+4
Craig Porter G	6	2	—	2	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	19	13	60.4	24.5	-28.0	20.6
Jordan Poole	Bench	24	13	47.7	31.7	-47.2	0.0
Carlton Carrington	Bench	36	13	52.3	20.2	-29.8	5.8
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	27	10	46.0	20.8	-31.7	8.1
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	31	6	32.6	13.0	-32.9	4.5
Anthony Gill	Bench	18	4	58.1	7.3	-27.5	4.3
Corey Kispert	Bench	9	4	41.0	20.8	+15.8	37.5
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	2	—	0.0	20.0	-126.7	-28.6
KyShawn George	Bench	11	—	0.0	6.7	-23.2	22.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	28	19	58.2	24.6	+42.2	23.0
Evan Mobley	Bench	31	19	61.2	24.3	+34.4	17.7
Georges Niang	Bench	26	14	77.8	15.0	+35.4	13.9
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	14	70.0	19.2	+33.8	19.4
Darius Garland	Bench	17	12	76.1	27.0	+50.8	11.3
Jarrett Allen	Bench	25	11	79.9	15.3	+30.9	10.3
Caris LeVert	Bench	24	10	41.4	24.6	+7.4	5.7
Isaac Okoro	Bench	30	9	53.3	12.5	+35.2	7.7
Craig Porter	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.7	+49.1	16.3
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	6	2	33.3	23.1	+49.1	10.2
Dean Wade	Bench	19	—	0.0	13.6	+4.4	0.0