National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 108,
Cleveland 104
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #35 Jason Goldenberg, #46 Ben Taylor, #93 Jenna Reneau
Attendance: 15835
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #35 Jason Goldenberg, #46 Ben Taylor, #93 Jenna Reneau
Attendance: 15835
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Cleveland | 39 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 104 |
| New Orleans | 20 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 108 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 36:46 | 10-25 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| Isaac Okoro - G | 30:35 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Dean Wade - F | 33:20 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lauri Markkanen - F | 30:30 | 6-15 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Evan Mobley - C | 30:09 | 9-12 | 1-2 | 3-3 | -8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Love | 32:05 | 7-14 | 7-12 | 3-4 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Denzel Valentine | 23:52 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Justin Anderson | 13:49 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Pangos | 8:54 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tacko Fall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Luke Kornet | DNP | |||||||||||||
| RJ Nembhard | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tre Scott | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-88 | 14-41 | 16-19 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 104 | |
| 42.0% | 34.1% | 84.2% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Garrett Temple - G | 36:42 | 6-7 | 5-6 | 0-2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 32:45 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 7-9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 36:27 | 10-18 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| Gary Clark - F | 28:39 | 4-11 | 4-10 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 30:08 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 6-8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jaxson Hayes | 24:28 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Trey Murphy III | 19:54 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 17:15 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jared Harper | 7:46 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 5:56 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-80 | 16-36 | 20-26 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 108 | |
| 45.0% | 44.4% | 76.9% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| CLE | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Cleveland | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 21 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 23 | Biggest Lead | 5 |