Sam Merrill scores 26, Cavs ease past Magic 126-99 for 8th straight win

— Sam Merrill helped the Cleveland Cavaliers close out their eighth straight win in the first 15 minutes Monday night.
Jan 23, 2024, 04:05 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--CLE
0%
--ORL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Max Strus makes 1-foot two point shot (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Max Strus makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Anthony Black misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Dean Wade misses two point shot
  • Anthony Black makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Black misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Isaac Okoro makes 23-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Franz Wagner makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Isaac Okoro misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Isaac Okoro makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Suggs misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 2-foot hook shot
  • Dean Wade makes 26-foot three point shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes technical free throw
  • Anthony Black makes driving layup (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Max Strus misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill makes 24-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 15-foot jumper (Anthony Black assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Isaac Okoro makes two point shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Jalen Suggs misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero makes 11-foot step back jumpshot (Joe Ingles assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Georges Niang makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Georges Niang makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Caleb Houstan makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Max Strus makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Craig Porter assists)
  • Paolo Banchero makes 17-foot jumper (Joe Ingles assists)
  • Sam Merrill makes 23-foot three point jumper (Craig Porter assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Joe Ingles makes layup
  • Craig Porter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Craig Porter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Georges Niang misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill makes 27-foot three point jumper
  • Moritz Wagner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Merrill makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moritz Wagner misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tristan Thompson makes driving layup
  • Cole Anthony makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Georges Niang misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Georges Niang makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cole Anthony misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Craig Porter makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Franz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Franz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tristan Thompson misses two point shot
  • Craig Porter makes two point shot
  • Jalen Suggs misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Suggs makes 22-foot three point jumper (Cole Anthony assists)
  • Sam Merrill makes 28-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Franz Wagner misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Donovan Mitchell makes driving layup
  • Donovan Mitchell misses two point shot
  • Sam Merrill makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sam Merrill makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Franz Wagner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Craig Porter misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Cole Anthony makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Tristan Thompson misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Craig Porter makes 3-foot two point shot (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Paolo Banchero makes 26-foot three pointer (Franz Wagner assists)
  • Georges Niang makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Franz Wagner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cole Anthony assists)
  • Max Strus misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Georges Niang misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Georges Niang misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jarrett Allen makes two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Franz Wagner misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot dunk (Max Strus assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen makes 2-foot dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Paolo Banchero makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes 2-foot dunk (Max Strus assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Donovan Mitchell misses alley oop layup
  • Anthony Black makes driving layup (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Sam Merrill misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Suggs assists)
  • Sam Merrill makes 23-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Anthony Black misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Franz Wagner misses driving layup
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 17-foot jumper
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Franz Wagner makes 3-foot dunk (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Suggs makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Black assists)
  • Anthony Black makes two point shot (Jalen Suggs assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Franz Wagner makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Suggs assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Jarrett Allen misses tip shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes two point shot
  • Dean Wade makes 25-foot three point jumper (Max Strus assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Max Strus makes 24-foot three pointer (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Franz Wagner misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Isaac Okoro misses two point shot
  • Anthony Black misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Isaac Okoro makes 3-foot layup (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot layup (Max Strus assists)
  • Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Paolo Banchero misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Donovan Mitchell misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Franz Wagner makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes driving layup (Franz Wagner assists)
  • Max Strus misses driving layup
  • Jarrett Allen makes two point shot
  • Jarrett Allen misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Franz Wagner makes driving layup
  • Franz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Georges Niang makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Sam Merrill makes 26-foot three point shot (Dean Wade assists)
  • Chuma Okeke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Georges Niang misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dean Wade makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
  • Moritz Wagner misses layup
  • Sam Merrill misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Moritz Wagner misses 3-foot hook shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes driving layup
  • Trevelin Queen makes 3-foot dunk (Moritz Wagner assists)
  • Donovan Mitchell makes driving layup
  • Moritz Wagner misses driving layup
  • Trevelin Queen makes 2-foot dunk
  • Donovan Mitchell makes technical free throw
  • Donovan Mitchell makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Chuma Okeke misses 34-foot three point shot
  • Tristan Thompson makes two point shot (Craig Porter assists)
  • Moritz Wagner makes 1-foot layup (Trevelin Queen assists)
  • Tristan Thompson misses layup
  • Trevelin Queen misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Georges Niang misses driving layup
  • Caleb Houstan misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Georges Niang makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Merrill assists)
  • Chuma Okeke misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Craig Porter misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Moritz Wagner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevelin Queen assists)
  • Georges Niang misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tristan Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tristan Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trevelin Queen misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Moritz Wagner makes 6-foot two point shot (Goga Bitadze assists)
  • Craig Porter makes two point shot
  • Moritz Wagner misses layup
  • Sam Merrill makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • Chuma Okeke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Merrill misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Goga Bitadze makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Trevelin Queen assists)
  • Craig Porter makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Caleb Houstan makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevelin Queen assists)
  • Damian Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Craig Porter assists)
  • Moritz Wagner makes layup
  • Damian Jones makes driving layup (Craig Porter assists)
  • Chuma Okeke misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Merrill misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tristan Thompson misses tip shot
  • Trevelin Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trevelin Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Merrill misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Trevelin Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trevelin Queen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Admiral Schofield misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Trevelin Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trevelin Queen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Chuma Okeke makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevelin Queen assists)
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