Game completed

Cleveland Cavaliers17-16100atHouston Rockets19-10117 winner

Sat, Dec 27, 8:00 PM ESTToyota Center, Houston, TXFanDuel Sports Network - Ohio · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
CLE	24	22	17	37	100
HOU	32	28	30	27	117

Cleveland Cavaliers

100

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Sam MerrillSF	25	13	3	3	1	0	1	5-8	3-6	0-1	-24
Dean WadePF	18	6	3	1	1	0	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-13
Jarrett AllenC	18	6	4	2	2	1	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Darius GarlandSG	24	12	0	1	0	0	3	5-9	2-4	0-0	-32
Donovan MitchellPG	30	16	3	6	2	1	1	7-17	2-5	0-1	-3
De'Andre Hunter	20	2	1	2	0	1	1	0-7	0-3	2-2	-28
Lonzo Ball	18	2	1	0	2	0	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	+4
Evan Mobley	20	4	4	2	1	1	3	2-9	0-2	0-0	-12
Jaylon Tyson	30	23	15	0	1	1	3	10-20	1-5	2-3	-6
Craig Porter Jr.	17	2	1	3	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	+11
Thomas Bryant	12	7	7	2	0	1	0	3-7	0-2	1-2	+10
Tyrese Proctor	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+13
Team		100	46	23	10	6	14	41-96	11-36	7-11

DNP: Chris Livingston (gleague twoway), Larry Nance Jr. (injury), Max Strus (injury), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (gleague twoway), Luke Travers (gleague twoway)

Houston Rockets

117

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	29	30	4	7	0	0	3	11-17	2-4	6-7	+24
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	26	15	7	2	1	1	0	6-9	3-5	0-0	+17
Steven AdamsC	22	9	8	1	2	0	3	3-6	0-0	3-6	+26
Tari EasonSG	21	9	6	0	2	1	2	3-6	2-3	1-2	+6
Amen ThompsonPG	33	13	9	4	0	1	3	6-14	1-5	0-0	+12
Reed Sheppard	32	18	3	8	5	1	1	5-12	4-10	4-4	+25
Dorian Finney-Smith	16	3	3	2	1	1	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+20
Clint Capela	18	4	8	0	1	2	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	+3
Aaron Holiday	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Josh Okogie	13	8	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	2-2	0-0	-8
Jae'Sean Tate	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-10
JD Davison	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	-9
Jeff Green	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-9
Team		117	66	27	12	9	15	43-88	16-35	15-21

DNP: Isaiah Crawford, Alperen Sengun (injury), Tyler Smith, Fred VanVleet (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · HOU: 31
Biggest lead · CLE: 3
Times tied: 2
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · HOU: 15

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: CLETravel tax: CLEBody clock: HOU4 in 6: CLE

CLE has the rest edge with 56h between tipoffs, 8h more than HOU.
CLE is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,419 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is dealing with east-to-west pressure: 0h on the body clock and +2h of zone shift.
CLE is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
CLE is in game 2 of 3 on the road with 404 mi already logged before tip.

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	CLE	HOU
Record	17-16	19-10
Days rest	1 day edge	1 day
Hours rest	56h	48h
Rest swing	+8h	-8h
Travel in	1,419 mi	1,373 mi edge
Zone change	-1h	+2h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 3	Homestand · 1 of 2
Miles before tip	404 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	—
Fatigue Index	6	2 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

CLE carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 6 vs. HOU's 2.

How each side got here1,419 mi vs 1,373 mi

How each side got here

CLE

1,419 mi

New York, NYHouston, TX

CLE came from New York, NY with 1,419 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

New York, NY to Houston, TX

HOU

1,373 mi

Los Angeles, CAHouston, TX

HOU came from Los Angeles, CA with 1,373 mi of travel and +2h of time-zone change.

Los Angeles, CA to Houston, TX

Where this game sitsroad 2 of 3 vs homestand 1 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

CLE

Road trip

CLE is on game 2 of 3 on the road, with 404 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip404 mi

Segment miles2,009 mi

HOU

Homestand

HOU is in game 1 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

Local TV: CLEFanDuel Sports Network - OhioHOUSpace City Home Networkin-market
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Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNSiriusXMCLEWTAM/WMMS

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