Sam Merrill scores career-high 27 as Cavaliers, without Donovan Mitchell, beat the Jazz 124-116

— Sam Merrill set career highs with 27 points and eight 3-pointers off the bench, Caris LeVert scored 23 points, and the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Utah Jazz 124-116 on Wednesday night.
Dec 21, 2023, 03:29 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--UTAH
100%
--CLE

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Isaac Okoro misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Simone Fontecchio misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Max Strus makes 26-foot three pointer (Dean Wade assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes layup (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Collin Sexton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Craig Porter makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Max Strus misses running pullup jump shot
  • Walker Kessler misses alley oop layup
  • Jarrett Allen makes 7-foot hook shot (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Collin Sexton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Isaac Okoro misses driving layup
  • Dean Wade makes 24-foot three point jumper (Max Strus assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes driving layup
  • Collin Sexton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Simone Fontecchio assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes 8-foot two point shot (Craig Porter assists)
  • Collin Sexton misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Craig Porter makes two point shot
  • Kris Dunn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lauri Markkanen assists)
  • Simone Fontecchio misses running pullup jump shot
  • Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • John Collins makes alley oop dunk shot (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Caris LeVert misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kris Dunn makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Georges Niang makes driving layup
  • Sam Merrill misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Simone Fontecchio misses two point shot
  • Georges Niang makes 25-foot three point shot (Caris LeVert assists)
  • John Collins misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Sam Merrill makes 25-foot three point shot (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Max Strus misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kelly Olynyk makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Caris LeVert makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses driving floating jump shot
  • Caris LeVert misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • John Collins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • John Collins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Merrill misses driving layup
  • Tristan Thompson makes dunk
  • Lauri Markkanen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Georges Niang misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tristan Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Sam Merrill assists)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving layup
  • Sam Merrill makes 22-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Ochai Agbaji makes 26-foot three point jumper (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Sam Merrill misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses driving layup
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Georges Niang misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • John Collins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • John Collins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Merrill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Craig Porter assists)
  • John Collins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Sam Merrill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • John Collins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ochai Agbaji assists)
  • Sam Merrill makes 25-foot three pointer (Craig Porter assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Walker Kessler misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tristan Thompson makes layup
  • Georges Niang makes 25-foot three point shot (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Sam Merrill misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • John Collins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Simone Fontecchio misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Max Strus misses running pullup jump shot
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving layup
  • Craig Porter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Craig Porter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Craig Porter misses two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Max Strus assists)
  • Walker Kessler makes 1-foot dunk (Collin Sexton assists)
  • John Collins makes two point shot
  • Max Strus misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Isaac Okoro makes layup (Dean Wade assists)
  • Caris LeVert misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Collin Sexton makes two point shot
  • Max Strus misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jarrett Allen misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Collin Sexton makes 17-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Dean Wade misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Simone Fontecchio makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Simone Fontecchio misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill misses running pullup jump shot
  • Collin Sexton misses two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes driving layup (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen misses driving layup
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Caris LeVert misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Collin Sexton misses driving layup
  • Sam Merrill makes 7-foot two point shot (Max Strus assists)
  • Simone Fontecchio makes 23-foot three point jumper (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Max Strus misses two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes two point shot
  • Lauri Markkanen makes 5-foot two point shot (Simone Fontecchio assists)
  • Craig Porter misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Collin Sexton makes 22-foot three point jumper (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes 5-foot two point shot (Max Strus assists)
  • Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Isaac Okoro makes 27-foot three point jumper (Craig Porter assists)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving dunk
  • Isaac Okoro misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Craig Porter misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Simone Fontecchio makes 26-foot three point jumper (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Jarrett Allen misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Collin Sexton misses 10-foot jumper
  • Simone Fontecchio makes tip shot
  • Walker Kessler makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Craig Porter misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Max Strus makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen makes driving dunk (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Max Strus makes 28-foot three point jumper (Craig Porter assists)
  • Walker Kessler makes 1-foot hook shot (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Max Strus makes 33-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Walker Kessler misses layup
  • Walker Kessler makes alley oop dunk shot (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Caris LeVert makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kelly Olynyk misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelly Olynyk makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Max Strus misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Walker Kessler makes two point shot (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Max Strus misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Collin Sexton makes two point shot
  • Caris LeVert makes 31-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • Kelly Olynyk makes driving layup
  • Georges Niang makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Sam Merrill misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Collin Sexton misses two point shot
  • Kris Dunn makes layup
  • Georges Niang misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • John Collins makes layup (Kris Dunn assists)
  • Tristan Thompson makes 1-foot layup (Craig Porter assists)
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen makes dunk (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Caris LeVert misses driving floating jump shot
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang makes two point shot
  • Georges Niang misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kelly Olynyk misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • Georges Niang misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill makes 26-foot three point jumper (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • John Collins misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Merrill assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sam Merrill misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Caris LeVert makes 25-foot three pointer (Georges Niang assists)
  • Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Isaac Okoro misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Isaac Okoro misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving dunk
  • Isaac Okoro misses driving layup
  • Tristan Thompson makes tip shot
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill makes 26-foot three point jumper (Isaac Okoro assists)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Max Strus makes 27-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Caris LeVert misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Talen Horton-Tucker misses driving layup
  • Dean Wade misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Caris LeVert makes dunk (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Lauri Markkanen misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Max Strus misses driving layup
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving layup
  • Talen Horton-Tucker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Caris LeVert makes two point shot
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Caris LeVert misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jarrett Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen makes driving floating jump shot
  • Jarrett Allen misses alley oop dunk shot
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Caris LeVert misses two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen misses tip shot
  • Max Strus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
  • Collin Sexton makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Sam Merrill misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Sam Merrill makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
  • Caris LeVert misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Caris LeVert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lauri Markkanen misses 30-foot three point jumper
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