Cavaliers (103) vs Rockets (117) · Mar 16, 2024

FINAL

Mar 16, 2024

42-25ClevelandCavaliers

103

32-35HoustonRockets

117

Game Recap

The Rockets win their fifth straight game as they defeated the Cavaliers, 117-103. All five Houston starters were in double-figures as Jalen Green (26 points, 11 rebounds, four assists) and Jabari Smith Jr. (20 points, seven rebounds) totaled 46 points and Fred VanVleet added 13 points and 16 assists. Caris LeVert led the Cavaliers with 21 points and seven assists. The Rockets move to 32-35 as the Cavs go to 42-25.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	29	25	19	30	103
HOU	34	36	28	19	117

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
35Isaac OkoroSF	33	4-12	2-7	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	3	10	-13
20Georges NiangPF	28	4-8	2-5	4-4	5	2	0	0	2	1	14	-17
31Jarrett AllenC	26	4-7	0-0	2-2	7	0	0	3	3	2	10	-14
45Donovan MitchellSG	25	4-13	3-8	2-2	3	2	1	0	2	0	13	-15
10Darius GarlandPG	33	5-13	1-6	1-2	5	4	1	0	0	0	12	-16
3Caris LeVert	31	8-14	1-4	4-5	3	7	3	1	1	3	21	-3
30Damian Jones	11	1-4	0-2	1-1	6	1	0	1	1	1	3	+5
13Tristan Thompson	15	2-3	0-0	1-2	5	1	1	0	2	2	5	-6
5Sam Merrill	28	3-5	3-5	2-2	8	2	0	1	1	0	11	+2
9Craig Porter Jr.	5	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	+7
2Ty Jerome	— did not play —												— did not play —
32Dean Wade	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	37-8245.1%	12-3831.6%	17-2085%	45	22	6	7	15	12	103	-

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
9Dillon BrooksSF	25	5-12	2-6	0-0	3	2	2	0	1	4	12	+7
1Amen ThompsonPF	26	8-11	0-0	2-3	8	0	1	0	1	3	18	+13
10Jabari Smith Jr.C	32	8-13	3-5	1-1	7	2	1	3	2	3	20	+22
4Jalen GreenSG	33	9-20	4-9	4-6	11	4	1	2	1	0	26	+16
5Fred VanVleetPG	35	5-15	3-8	0-0	5	16	1	1	1	0	13	+14
32Jeff Green	25	4-8	1-4	0-0	4	1	1	0	1	1	9	0
2Jock Landale	17	3-5	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	2	6	+7
0Aaron Holiday	11	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	3	2	0
25Reggie Bullock Jr.	15	1-2	1-2	0-0	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	-2
8Jae'Sean Tate	12	3-6	1-3	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	2	8	+1
51Boban Marjanovic	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
19Nate Williams	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
TOTAL	-	47-9848%	15-4235.7%	8-1266.7%	48	28	9	7	9	19	117	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterclehou

(11:56) Jump Ball Smith Jr. vs. Allen: Tip to Niang
(11:44) Allen Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:44) Brooks STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (11:40) Smith Jr. 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Ja. Green 1 AST)
02
+3 (11:22) Mitchell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
32
+3 (10:56) Brooks 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (VanVleet 1 AST)
35
(10:39) MISS Allen 9' Turnaround Hook Shot
(10:39) VanVleet BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:36) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:31) Ja. Green 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (VanVleet 2 AST)
38
+3 (10:10) Okoro 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Garland 1 AST)
68
(10:03) MISS VanVleet 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:59) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:57) Ja. Green 16' Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
610
(9:42) MISS Okoro 3PT Jump Shot
(9:39) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:36) MISS Ja. Green 3' Running Finger Roll Layup
(9:34) Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:30) Mitchell 3PT Running Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Garland 2 AST)
910
(9:14) MISS Brooks 12' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(9:14) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:07) Brooks P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.DeRosa)
+2 (8:58) Niang 7' Turnaround Bank Shot (2 PTS)
1110
+2 (8:44) Thompson 2' Dunk (2 PTS) (Brooks 1 AST)
1112
(8:34) Thompson P.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Forte)
+2 (8:23) Garland 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
1312
(8:12) MISS Ja. Green 4' Driving Hook Shot
(8:11) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (8:07) Brooks 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (VanVleet 3 AST)
1315
+2 (7:52) Allen 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Niang 1 AST)
1515
(7:38) Smith Jr. Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:38) Garland STEAL (1 STL)
(7:34) MISS Garland 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(7:31) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:27) MISS Brooks 4' Running Layup
(7:26) Brooks REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:24) MISS Thompson 2' Layup
(7:24) Allen BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:22) Thompson REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (7:21) Thompson 1' Putback Layup (4 PTS)
1517
(7:12) MISS Garland 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:12) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:05) MISS VanVleet 3' Running Layup
(7:03) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (6:59) Smith Jr. 18' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS) (VanVleet 4 AST)
1519
(6:46) Thompson P.FOUL (P2.T3) (J.DeRosa)
(6:46) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:37) MISS Mitchell 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:37) ROCKETS Rebound
(6:25) MISS Smith Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:25) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:14) LeVert 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1719
(6:00) MISS Ja. Green 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:59) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:44) Mitchell 9' Driving Layup (8 PTS)
1919
+2 (5:31) Je. Green 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (VanVleet 5 AST)
1921
+3 (5:09) Niang 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (LeVert 1 AST)
2221
+2 (4:49) Brooks 8' Fadeaway Jumper (8 PTS)
2223
(4:37) MISS Mitchell 22' Step Back Jump Shot
(4:36) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(4:32) Okoro S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.DeRosa)
(4:32) MISS Ja. Green Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:32) ROCKETS Rebound
+1 (4:32) Ja. Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2224
(4:14) MISS Okoro 3' Driving Layup
(4:14) Ja. Green BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:11) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(4:07) MISS Brooks 3PT Running Jump Shot
(4:04) Garland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:00) Allen OFF.Foul (P1) (B.Forte)
(4:00) Allen Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T2)
(3:46) MISS Je. Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:43) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:36) Garland 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2424
(3:24) MISS Brooks 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:19) Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:16) Jump Ball Ja. Green vs. Okoro: Tip to LeVert
(3:00) MISS Okoro 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:58) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:53) MISS LeVert 3' Driving Layup
(2:51) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (2:44) Brooks 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (10 PTS) (VanVleet 6 AST)
2426
(2:25) MISS Garland 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(2:22) Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:15) MISS Jones 2' Cutting Dunk Shot
(2:15) Landale BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:11) Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:10) Je. Green Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(2:10) LeVert STEAL (1 STL)
(2:02) Thompson Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(2:02) Cavaliers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (1:53) Ja. Green 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
2429
(1:23) MISS Jones 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:21) Jones REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(1:15) Holiday P.FOUL (P1.T4) (P.Ransom)
+2 (1:05) LeVert 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) (Merrill 1 AST)
2629
+3 (0:51) Ja. Green 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (12 PTS)
2632
(0:40) Holiday S.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Forte)
+1 (0:40) Garland Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2732
(0:40) MISS Garland Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:40) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
(0:33) LeVert P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.DeRosa)
(0:27) Thompson P.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Forte)
+1 (0:27) Ja. Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)
2733
+1 (0:27) Ja. Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
2734
(0:04) MISS Garland 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(0:04) Ja. Green BLOCK (2 BLK)
(0:02) Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:01) Brooks Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:01) Brooks P.FOUL (P2.PN) (P.Ransom)
+1 (0:01) Merrill Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2834
+1 (0:01) Merrill Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2934

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CLE

HOU

103Points117

37-82(45.1%)Field Goal(%)47-98(48.0%)

12-38(31.6%)3-Point(%)15-42(35.7%)

17-20(85.0%)Free Throw(%)8-12(66.7%)

45(7)Rebounds(Offensive)48(11)

22Assists28

6Steals9

7Blocks7

15Turnovers9

12Fouls19

46Pts In The Paint56

18Fast Break Pts21

11Pts Off Turnovers16

44Bench Pts28

1Largest Lead27

Game Details

Saturday, March 16, 2024 · 5:00 PM

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

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