Washington Wizards vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Jan 3, 2024

FINAL

6-27WashingtonWizards

101

19-15ClevelandCavaliers

140

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
WAS	31	24	20	26	101
CLE	34	33	34	39	140

Game Recap

The Cavaliers defeated the Wizards, 140-101. Max Strus led the way for the Cavaliers with 24 points (6-8 3PT FG), while Donovan Mitchell (22 points) and Caris LeVert (21 points, five rebounds, five assists) added a combined 43 points in the victory. Kyle Kuzma tallied a team-high 16 points for the Wizards in the losing effort. The Cavaliers improve to 19-15 on the season, while the Wizards fall to 6-27.

Player Stats

WIZARDS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Deni AvdijaSF	21	3-11	1-3	0-0	6	4	1	0	3	1	-17	7
33Kyle KuzmaPF	22	7-12	2-6	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	1	-22	16
21Daniel GaffordC	20	6-8	0-0	0-1	5	1	0	1	0	2	-13	12
13Jordan PooleSG	22	3-11	2-4	0-0	3	2	0	0	1	3	-22	8
5Tyus JonesPG	20	4-11	1-2	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	-12	9
0Bilal Coulibaly	32	2-12	1-4	0-2	5	1	3	2	2	4	-24	5
55Delon Wright	18	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	4	1	1	1	1	-21	0
35Mike Muscala	20	5-9	2-5	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	-22	12
24Corey Kispert	19	4-9	0-5	4-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	-21	12
20Landry Shamet	15	3-6	2-3	1-2	3	2	1	0	0	0	-15	9
4Jared Butler	8	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-6	5
97Eugene Omoruyi	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	-4	2
1Johnny Davis	5	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
16Anthony Gill	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+4	2
88Danilo Gallinari	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-10141.6%	12-3534.3%	5-1145.5%	36	23	8	5	8	14	-	101

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35Isaac OkoroSF	19	4-4	1-1	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	2	+12	9
32Dean WadePF	20	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	+15	2
31Jarrett AllenC	29	7-10	0-0	3-4	19	7	0	2	1	0	+27	17
1Max StrusSG	28	9-13	6-8	0-0	4	3	1	1	1	4	+32	24
45Donovan MitchellPG	24	6-16	4-9	6-6	3	4	2	2	2	0	+18	22
5Sam Merrill	28	4-11	3-9	0-0	5	6	0	0	0	2	+27	11
20Georges Niang	27	5-11	3-7	2-2	8	1	0	0	0	2	+24	15
3Caris LeVert	22	9-18	3-6	0-0	5	5	1	1	0	1	+22	21
9Craig Porter Jr.	14	4-5	0-0	0-1	3	3	0	0	1	0	+7	8
13Tristan Thompson	18	3-6	0-0	1-3	9	4	0	1	3	1	+12	7
30Damian Jones	6	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	-1	4
2Ty Jerome	— did not play —												— did not play —



TOTAL	-	54-10054.0%	20-4247.6%	12-1675.0%	62	37	5	8	8	13	-	140

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterWASCLE

(11:57) Jump Ball J. Allen vs. D. Gafford: Tip to D. Mitchell
(11:52) J. Poole personal FOUL (1 PF)
(11:40) MISS M. Strus driving Layup
(11:39) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:39) J. Allen tip DUNK (2 PTS)
02
(11:17) MISS K. Kuzma 26' step back 3PT
(11:14) I. Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:12) D. Wade running finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (I. Okoro 1 AST)
04
+2 (10:57) K. Kuzma 9' driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (D. Avdija 1 AST)
24
(10:40) MISS D. Mitchell cutting Layup
(10:38) D. Avdija REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:35) J. Poole 3PT running (3 PTS) (T. Jones 1 AST)
54
+3 (10:20) M. Strus 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Mitchell 1 AST)
57
+2 (10:05) D. Avdija driving Layup (2 PTS)
77
(9:52) M. Strus bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:52) D. Avdija STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:49) J. Poole running finger roll Layup (5 PTS) (K. Kuzma 1 AST)
97
(9:30) MISS J. Allen 17' turnaround Shot
(9:30) T. Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:18) MISS T. Jones 15' driving floating Shot
(9:16) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (9:08) D. Mitchell 25' 3PT step back (3 PTS) (D. Wade 1 AST)
910
(8:54) MISS J. Poole 3PT
(8:50) J. Poole REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (8:39) J. Poole 25' 3PT step back (8 PTS)
1210
+3 (8:17) D. Mitchell 25' 3PT (6 PTS) (J. Allen 1 AST)
1213
+2 (8:02) D. Gafford cutting Layup (2 PTS)
1413
+3 (7:49) M. Strus 26' 3PT (6 PTS) (D. Mitchell 2 AST)
1416
+2 (7:35) D. Gafford alley-oop DUNK (4 PTS) (J. Poole 1 AST)
1616
(7:35) CLE Timeout
(7:21) MISS D. Mitchell 25' turnaround 3PT
(7:19) K. Kuzma REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:07) MISS J. Poole 12' fadeaway Shot
(7:05) D. Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:00) MISS D. Mitchell 10' running pullup Shot
(6:55) D. Avdija REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (6:49) K. Kuzma 25' 3PT (5 PTS) (D. Avdija 2 AST)
1916
(6:30) MISS J. Allen 6' driving Hook
(6:27) D. Avdija REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:17) K. Kuzma 13' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2116
+3 (6:02) M. Strus 25' 3PT (9 PTS) (D. Mitchell 3 AST)
2119
(5:37) MISS J. Poole 6' driving floating bank Shot
(5:35) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (5:20) I. Okoro 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Allen 2 AST)
2122
+2 (5:05) D. Avdija 10' driving floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2322
+2 (4:47) M. Strus driving Layup (11 PTS)
2324
(4:32) MISS D. Avdija 25' 3PT
(4:29) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (4:25) I. Okoro running Layup (5 PTS) (J. Allen 3 AST)
2326
(4:25) WAS Timeout
+3 (4:09) K. Kuzma 31' 3PT (10 PTS) (T. Jones 2 AST)
2626
(3:42) B. Coulibaly personal FOUL (1 PF)
(3:36) MISS C. LeVert 9' driving floating Shot
(3:34) D. Gafford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:25) D. Gafford cutting DUNK (6 PTS) (J. Poole 2 AST)
2826
(3:09) MISS C. LeVert 9' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(3:09) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+2 (3:06) S. Merrill cutting Layup (2 PTS) (D. Mitchell 4 AST)
2828
(2:51) MISS K. Kuzma 11' driving floating bank Shot
(2:48) G. Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:42) J. Allen DUNK (4 PTS) (S. Merrill 1 AST)
2830
(2:29) MISS J. Poole driving floating Shot
(2:26) D. Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (2:22) D. Mitchell running Layup (8 PTS)
2832
(2:07) B. Coulibaly bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:07) D. Mitchell STEAL (1 STL)
(2:01) MISS D. Mitchell running finger roll Layup
(1:59) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
+2 (1:59) J. Allen tip DUNK (6 PTS)
2834
(1:45) MISS D. Wright 7' driving floating Shot
(1:45) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(1:44) MISS C. Kispert 26' 3PT
(1:43) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:2 Def:4)
(1:37) B. Coulibaly personal FOUL (2 PF)
(1:21) MISS S. Merrill driving finger roll Layup
(1:19) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:3 Def:4)
(1:16) MISS S. Merrill 3PT
(1:14) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:11) MISS C. LeVert 24' pullup 3PT
(1:09) D. Wright REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:01) M. Muscala 28' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Avdija 3 AST)
3134
(0:50) MISS C. LeVert 7' driving floating Shot
(0:48) B. Coulibaly REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:44) MISS B. Coulibaly running Layup - blocked
(0:44) M. Strus BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:44) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(0:36) MISS D. Wright 29' 3PT
(0:33) G. Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:23) MISS G. Niang driving floating Shot - blocked
(0:23) B. Coulibaly BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:19) D. Wright REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:04) MISS M. Muscala 3PT
(0:01) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:00) MISS C. LeVert driving Layup
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

WAS

CLE

101Points140

42-101(41.6%)Field Goal(%)54-100(54.0%)

12-35(34.3%)3-Point(%)20-42(47.6%)

5-11(45.5%)Free Throw(%)12-16(75.0%)

36(12)Rebounds(Offensive)62(18)

23Assists37

8Steals5

5Blocks8

8Turnovers8

14Fouls13

52Pts In The Paint68

14Fast Break Pts25

15Pts Off Turnovers16

49Bench Pts66

5Largest Lead44

Game Details

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 · 7:00 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100%)