Jazz (116) vs Cavaliers (124) · Dec 20, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 20, 2023

10-18UtahJazz

116

16-12ClevelandCavaliers

124

Game Recap

The Cavaliers defeated the Jazz, 124-116. Sam Merrill recorded a new career-high 27 points and eight 3PM for the Cavaliers, with Caris LeVert adding 23 points, seven assists, and three rebounds in the victory. Lauri Markkanen tallied 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz in the losing effort. The Cavaliers improve to 16-12 in the regular season, while the Jazz fall to 10-18.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UTA	27	29	37	23	116
CLE	36	26	30	32	124

JAZZ	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
16Simone FontecchioSF	35	3-7	2-5	1-2	7	2	0	0	2	3	9	+8
23Lauri MarkkanenPF	35	8-18	3-9	7-8	10	1	0	0	0	3	26	-7
24Walker KesslerC	30	5-8	0-1	0-0	5	0	2	1	2	2	10	+5
2Collin SextonSG	33	7-17	3-6	3-4	3	2	0	1	2	5	20	+6
5Talen Horton-TuckerPG	29	6-13	0-1	7-8	1	11	1	0	1	3	19	+5
11Kris Dunn	15	3-3	2-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	4	4	8	-10
20John Collins	22	5-8	2-4	4-4	5	0	1	1	2	1	16	-16
41Kelly Olynyk	19	2-3	0-1	1-2	2	6	1	2	3	0	5	-14
30Ochai Agbaji	16	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	1	3	-17
0Taylor Hendricks	— did not play —												— did not play —
19Luka Samanic	— did not play —												— did not play —
77Omer Yurtseven	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		40-7851.3%	13-3043.3%	23-2882.1%	38	24	5	6	16	22	116

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
35Isaac OkoroSF	24	2-7	1-3	0-2	6	5	0	0	1	2	5	+3
32Dean WadePF	29	1-3	1-3	0-0	7	2	0	0	0	4	3	-3
31Jarrett AllenC	29	8-13	0-0	1-2	8	3	2	0	2	1	17	-4
1Max StrusSG	32	6-15	6-12	0-0	4	4	0	0	5	3	18	-5
9Craig Porter Jr.PG	24	2-7	0-2	2-2	7	6	0	3	0	0	6	-2
20Georges Niang	23	6-13	3-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	4	15	+11
3Caris LeVert	26	6-15	4-7	7-8	3	7	1	0	0	3	23	+11
5Sam Merrill	30	9-16	8-14	1-2	3	2	1	0	2	4	27	+17
13Tristan Thompson	18	5-7	0-0	0-0	5	4	4	0	0	2	10	+12
21Emoni Bates	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Damian Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
15Isaiah Mobley	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		45-9646.9%	23-5145.1%	11-1668.8%	44	34	8	3	11	23	124

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterutacle

(11:56) Jump Ball J. Allen vs. W. Kessler: Tip to D. Wade
(11:43) MISS I. Okoro 24' 3PT
(11:40) L. Markkanen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:24) MISS S. Fontecchio 3PT
(11:21) D. Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:04) M. Strus 26' 3PT pullup (3 PTS) (D. Wade 1 AST)
03
+3 (10:43) L. Markkanen 25' 3PT step back (3 PTS) (T. Horton-Tucker 1 AST)
33
+2 (10:23) J. Allen Layup (2 PTS) (I. Okoro 1 AST)
35
(10:01) MISS L. Markkanen 27' step back 3PT
(9:57) I. Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:45) M. Strus step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (9:29) C. Sexton 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (T. Horton-Tucker 2 AST)
65
+2 (9:18) C. Porter Jr. 17' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (I. Okoro 2 AST)
67
(9:00) MISS T. Horton-Tucker 15' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(8:57) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:52) MISS M. Strus 28' running pullup 3PT
(8:50) W. Kessler REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:43) D. Wade personal FOUL (1 PF)
(8:36) MISS W. Kessler alley-oop Layup
(8:33) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:23) J. Allen 7' Hook (4 PTS) (I. Okoro 3 AST)
69
(8:15) I. Okoro shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Sexton 2 FT)
(8:15) MISS C. Sexton Free Throw 1 of 2
(8:15) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (8:15) C. Sexton Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
79
(7:57) MISS I. Okoro driving Layup
(7:55) K. Dunn REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:53) S. Fontecchio traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (7:38) D. Wade 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (M. Strus 1 AST)
712
(7:38) UTA Timeout
(7:29) K. Dunn offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(7:29) K. Dunn offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (7:11) J. Allen driving Layup (6 PTS)
714
+3 (6:57) C. Sexton 24' 3PT (7 PTS) (S. Fontecchio 1 AST)
1014
+2 (6:37) J. Allen 8' floating Jump Shot (8 PTS) (C. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
1016
(6:22) MISS C. Sexton 12' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(6:19) D. Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:15) C. Porter Jr. running Layup (4 PTS)
1018
+3 (5:58) K. Dunn 3PT (3 PTS) (L. Markkanen 1 AST)
1318
(5:36) MISS J. Allen Layup - blocked
(5:36) K. Olynyk BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:32) C. Sexton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:30) MISS S. Fontecchio 24' running pullup 3PT
(5:29) K. Olynyk REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:27) MISS C. Sexton 26' 3PT
(5:25) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:17) J. Allen offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(5:17) J. Allen offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (5:08) J. Collins alley-oop DUNK (2 PTS) (K. Olynyk 1 AST)
1518
(5:00) S. Fontecchio personal FOUL (1 PF)
(4:52) MISS C. LeVert 25' step back 3PT
(4:50) I. Okoro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(4:48) C. Sexton personal FOUL (1 PF)
(4:39) M. Strus bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(4:39) K. Olynyk STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (4:31) K. Dunn 25' 3PT (6 PTS) (K. Olynyk 2 AST)
1818
(4:23) K. Dunn personal FOUL (2 PF)
+2 (4:09) G. Niang driving Layup (2 PTS)
1820
(3:55) K. Dunn traveling TURNOVER (2 TO)
(3:39) MISS S. Merrill 25' pullup 3PT
(3:37) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(3:22) MISS S. Fontecchio driving floating bank Shot
(3:20) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (3:13) G. Niang 25' 3PT running (5 PTS) (C. LeVert 1 AST)
1823
(3:01) MISS J. Collins 7' turnaround Hook
(2:59) C. LeVert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:54) S. Merrill 25' 3PT running (3 PTS) (C. LeVert 2 AST)
1826
(2:43) K. Dunn bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(2:43) C. LeVert STEAL (1 STL)
(2:36) MISS M. Strus 25' running 3PT
(2:34) J. Collins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:29) K. Olynyk 21' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2026
(2:13) M. Strus offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(2:13) M. Strus offensive foul TURNOVER (3 TO)
(2:13) CLE Timeout
(1:50) K. Olynyk bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:50) T. Thompson STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (1:43) C. LeVert 25' 3PT pullup (3 PTS)
2029
(1:23) MISS T. Horton-Tucker 7' driving floating Shot
(1:21) T. Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:14) MISS C. LeVert 24' pullup 3PT
(1:11) O. Agbaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:05) S. Merrill shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Collins 2 FT)
+1 (1:05) J. Collins Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2129
+1 (1:05) J. Collins Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2229
(0:53) MISS S. Merrill driving Layup
(0:49) T. Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:49) T. Thompson tip DUNK (2 PTS)
2231
+3 (0:40) L. Markkanen 27' 3PT (6 PTS) (T. Horton-Tucker 3 AST)
2531
(0:26) MISS G. Niang 24' 3PT
(0:24) C. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (0:20) T. Thompson cutting DUNK (4 PTS) (S. Merrill 1 AST)
2533
+2 (0:03) T. Horton-Tucker driving Layup (2 PTS)
2733
+3 (0:00) S. Merrill 3PT (6 PTS) (C. LeVert 3 AST)
2736

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4th quarter

Team Stats

UTA

CLE

116Points124

40-78(51.3%)Field Goal(%)45-96(46.9%)

13-30(43.3%)3-Point(%)23-51(45.1%)

23-28(82.1%)Free Throw(%)11-16(68.8%)

38(6)Rebounds(Offensive)44(14)

24Assists34

5Steals8

6Blocks3

16Turnovers11

22Fouls23

46Pts In The Paint38

8Fast Break Pts15

17Pts Off Turnovers26

32Bench Pts75

4Largest Lead14

Game Details

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 · 6:00 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100.0%)